Swoon
"When I’ve posted this I’ll go & have a Turkish bath & stupefy my nerves in sweaty duration. My person is developing dirty habits."
-From THE LETTERS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, Volume I: 1929-1940, as quoted by Anthony Lane. I picture Squeo saying this from within a stained undershirt.
From the same review:
"The year 1938 was notable for the publication of his first novel, “Murphy,” and for a French pimp by the misleading name of Prudent, who stabbed Beckett in the street, just missing the heart. “I don’t know why, sir, I’m sorry,” he said, when his victim inquired about a motive."
A gentler time. . .
-From THE LETTERS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, Volume I: 1929-1940, as quoted by Anthony Lane. I picture Squeo saying this from within a stained undershirt.
From the same review:
"The year 1938 was notable for the publication of his first novel, “Murphy,” and for a French pimp by the misleading name of Prudent, who stabbed Beckett in the street, just missing the heart. “I don’t know why, sir, I’m sorry,” he said, when his victim inquired about a motive."
A gentler time. . .
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