He was Joseph Castleman, among those men who individual the nation. You know the type After all: men and women ads on their own, people sleepwalking monsters, roaming the earth and you can knocking more other guys, female, chairs, towns. Why must they care? They own everything, the new seas and you will hills, new quivering volcanoes, this new dainty, ruffling canals. There are numerous styles of this guy: Joe is actually the writer version, a primary, wound-right up, slack-bellied novelist which rarely slept, which liked to consume runny cheeses and you can whiskey and you can drink, all of these he used because the a boat to carry brand new pills you to definitely remaining their blood lipids off congealing such as for example yesterday’s bowl drippings, who had been while the humorous as the individuals I’ve ever identified, who had little idea of how exactly to care for himself or other people, and just who derived the majority of their layout regarding the Dylan Thomas Guide away from Individual Hygiene and you may Etiquette.

Truth be told there he sat with me towards the Finnair trip 702, then when the fresh brunette delivered him one thing, he got they from their particular, every cookie and you can smokehouse-handled freak and group of spongy, throwaway slippers and steaming washcloth rolling Torah-strict. (suite…)