kyphotic self (pg. 71) -- Hunchback.
accumulated spondulicks (pg. 204) -- Slang for money, cash.
demerara daddy (pg. 240) -- A kind of sugar from Guyana. A sugar daddy.
In those days, it didn't seem possible that someday I might wonder what I would have become if things had gone differently for me. I thought all the choices would always be in front of me. (pg. 246)