"George has a great eye for the bizarre but telling detail," Mr. Lorenz said.

Fischer's fondness for the bizarre detail and for the workings of chance undermines his characterizations.

The bizarre detail.

But the sequel does take some license, applying new, somewhat bizarre details to characters from the original novel.

He was reluctant to tell the police any of the bizarre details about Mommy's behavior, but I urged him to be as forthcoming as possible.

The sailor suit so far inland was a particularly bizarre detail.

She appears more concerned with comic effects than cosmic ones, and she is constantly on the lookout for entertainingly bizarre details and turns of phrase.

Both also have yielded bizarre details.

But it takes some time to tease all this from the story's many bizarre details, and from lines whose veracity is obviously questionable.

Instead, they achieve nirvana by cultivating apathy until they become highly attuned to the bizarre details of everyday life.