>>24866974

>68 is Faulkner?
It is. I guess that's worth a C. A. G. on its own, but if someone else can name the book, he’ll deserve one too.

>>24487930

>17 Suttree?
Correct. On the way home from his son’s funeral. Unsurprisingly he’s not in the cheeriest of moods.

>>24470637
>Is it 20 perhaps?
Correct.

>She disposes of clothes but not a body which fits the absorbing him aspect.
True. (The name ‘Bilquis’ is a good-sized hint as well.)