The HippopotamusSoho Press, 1994 - 292 Seiten I've suffered for my art, now its your turn. So begins the tale of Ted Wallace, known (unaffectionately) as the Hippopotamus. Failed poet, failed theater critic, failed father and husband, Ted has his faults too: he is a shameless womanizer, drinks too much, and is at odds in his cranky but maddeningly logical way with most of modern life. Fired from his newspaper, Ted seeks a few months' repose and free liquor at Swafford Hall, the country mansion of his old friend Michael Logan, to whose beautiful and mysterious son David, Ted is godfather. |
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... don't ... Jane ... a quarter of a million is a lot of money and is , I won't attempt to deny it , quite monstrously appealing to me . But I don't know if I have it in me to do anything for anyone which , in any kind of honesty , is ...
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... don't actually believe that what I do is anything so extraordinary . I think anyone could have my power if they really wanted it . " " Even me ? " " Especially you ! You've already had that power , when you were a poet . You wrote ...
... don't actually believe that what I do is anything so extraordinary . I think anyone could have my power if they really wanted it . " " Even me ? " " Especially you ! You've already had that power , when you were a poet . You wrote ...
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... don't under- stand . You are denying everything ? Everything that I told you ? " " It's not a question of denying , Michael . I don't deny anything you said about your father , I don't deny anything you ... " " Woah , woah ! " said ...
... don't under- stand . You are denying everything ? Everything that I told you ? " " It's not a question of denying , Michael . I don't deny anything you said about your father , I don't deny anything you ... " " Woah , woah ! " said ...
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