he took in the whole room at one glance : the defunct plant loosely draping its leaves on the mantelpiece , the sofa with the mensa book and shakespeares illegally procured works , and a broken brush with only half a handle lying against the side of the sofa , one of the sofas , the fourstar pizza box ( empty ) , the wrecked chipped vinyl faux floorboards ( black , black with ingrained beerstains and muck ) .