then he read one of the numerous post-it notes stuck to the rafters : describe the woman in rock springs in the puffy pink jacket who heard orson yelling in the trunk stepping carefully over an unfolded roadmap of wyoming , horace found himself standing before andrew thomas 's writing desk , bookended by bookshelves , cluttered with a typewriter , dictionary , bible , thesaurus , and the audubon society field guide to north american trees ( eastern region ) .