and at night that bubble floated amongst the thoughts and stories and curiosities his mind had packed into itself in the weeks and days , and he bobbed untethered in an ethereal infinitude of confessors and showmen and liars , each with his own outlandish gaudy farcical sphere the wolf-boy the faith healer the pygmy shaman the snake oil mystic hindu the lilting savant soprano farm girl the albino spelunker the cheesy british comedian , the bubble dancer the `` mister , i seen jesus '' transient the refugee the private dick the anarchist the shadow .