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...writing hinges on surprise," says Lindsay-Abaire, who, not surprisingly, cites Ionesco and Feydeau as influences. He was born in South Boston, as David Abaire, to "very regular blue-collar folk" (back then, Dad sold fruit from a truck; Mom worked on a circuit-board assembly line). After Sarah Lawrence College, where he met his wife, actress Chris Lindsay, he honed his craft at New York City's Juilliard School Playwright's Program. What if he scores in Hollywood? "The movie stuff will pay my rent," he says. "But if I want my words to remain...
...sensibilities have not stifled his inner woodsman. In order to escape the wilds of his roommates' mess, he constructs tents MacGyver-style with delicate everyday linens. A cave shelter over his own bed remains standing. A well-prepared Boy Scout, he admits that he has a "stash of Pringles, fruit bars and raisins buried under the tent...
...there is a difference between the shriveled and the actual fruit...
...This one is experimental," says Al Engelhart, referring not to a dazzling new trick but to a homemade fruit salad mixed with orange juice and Hershey's kisses...
OPRAH WINFREY Writers lavish National Book Award on her book club. In fact, did you get our fruit basket...