It seems that most books have at least one Shakespeare reference. Leigh Riker’s novel Strapless has a couple. The first is to The Merchant Of Venice. Darcie’s parents want her to take in her sister, and will help with the rent for the apartment if she does. Her grandmother thinks it’s a bad idea, and tells her she doesn’t need a loan. Darcie says it isn’t a loan. Her grandmother replies: “No, it’s a pound of flesh. Janet does nothing without a motive – as you’ve discovered” (p. 154). The second reference is to Othello, with the character Dylan saying “Is that the green-eyed monster lurking again behind that this-is-just-for-kicks expression?” (p. 273). That is a reference to Iago’s line about jealousy, “It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock/The meat it feeds on.”
Strapless was published in 2002.
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