Crowley 's novel Little , Big featured a main character named Alice Drinkwater .
Drinkwater 's name may have been selected in homage to contemporary author John Crowley , whom Chabon is on the record as admiring .
author 's novel Little , Big featured a main character named Alice Drinkwater .
Drinkwater 's name may have been selected in homage to contemporary author John Crowley , whom Chabon is on the record as admiring .