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Hi dougo ,I found your writing as part of the Writer's cramp for that day. You were my competition. Hopefully, this review will find you in good spirit.

On Title/Subject
I didn't get the title and the sub-line, since the story has two parts and I was hanging in part two on Bob Dylan. Or the question would be Who Dunnit? In that case, the story is not finished.

General impressions
I liked the story very much. It is swift paced and the gruesome murder at the start is very intriguing. I thought the conversation on Bob Dylan and the Nobel Prize was very convincing too. You combined the two parts but after the last sentence, the story was not finished to me. Who did this murder, why was he quoting Dylan, the hunt for the murderer is left wide open and should be answered so I hope you will finish this story now the Cramp is over?

Favorite Parts
“Yeah, that’s what he said. I was hiding behind that pile of crates over there,” the small, balding man said, his voice still shaking. “I was afraid he was going to see or hear me so I stayed quiet. After I didn’t hear anything for a while I peeked over the top of that crate.”
“You saw the guy do it, right?”

Very convincing start to a murder scene with this witness. I totally wanted to know more.

Suggestions
“That’s not the point. They awarded a stoned out hippy the same award that went to the likes of Camus, Faulkner, Elliot, and Kipling. I’ll bet these guys are crapping a brick in their graves.”

“Come on, didn’t Winston Churchill win one of those things? He wasn’t even a writer, was he?”

“He won it because he wrote biographies or something. That’s not a good example.”

Very interesting you took the news of Dylan getting the Nobel Prize into the story as this news indeed was played out in the real life with the two camps, pro Dylan and contra Dylan for the reasons you mentioned.

Final thoughts
Please, please consider writing the ending of this story. I want to know more about the murder. Because of this, I found the story a little unsatisfactory. But I understand why you had to finish with the quote because of the Cramp's prompt. Thank you for sharing.

Keep up the good work, enjoy writing!

WakeUpAndLive