until i find you

677. "In the world according to Garp, we're all terminal cases."

... john irving included.

had too much drinking for the past two days and i find myself spending most of the day, obviously, dazed. it is either that or this new book i am reading suck so bad. but it couldn't be. it's from one of my favorite authors, the man who made me into an orphan in "cider house rules", a writer in "the world according to garp", a dwarf in "a prayer for owen meany", an incestuous little brother in "hotel new hampshire", a womanizer who is  'as deceitful as a damaged condom' in "widow for one year", a swinger in "the 158-pound marriage ", bogus in "the water method man", and a nobody  in "son of a circus", "fourth hand" and "setting free the bears".

john irving makes me feel at home. he was the first author i sort of followed and with that grew my interest in reading. his description of new england reminds me of how, when i was younger, i would picture a typical american community. and it still is even though my own eyes have told me it actually isn't (i had christmas in new hampshire in 2003 and pissed on a parking meter). i still like to keep that picture in mind, only for nostalgic sake.

his new book "until i find you" tries to make me into a sexually abused kid whose 'little guy' had more action than normal. a little bit too much, if not too long, this novel seems a bit of a slog and yet i'm only in page 122 and still about 702 pages shy of finding the end cover. i think i will be looking at a personal record breaking caffein intake to get me through this one.

and before i forget (or fall asleep), i almost failed to mention my good friend august dated john irving's publisher's daughter and partied at his house once. true or bogus, that still sounded cool.

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[Kommentiert von: Shack]

true story about the party at irving's house. i've got a picture of my friend with his oscar for best screenplay.

and it's true about pissing on a parking meter. reminds me of the opening scene in 'cool hand luke.' although i wasn't thinking about that at the time, too busy running away. i was certain that as soon as you stepped into NH, the man had eyes on you. "roger that, we got an asian in NH. we're going to need 24 hour surveillance, there's no telling what he's up to."

[Kommentiert von: Rob]

if i ever come back to keene, it will be to look for the undercover drug dealer and sell him fake crack (alum powder).