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...Gayl Jones...
...narrative voice of Harlan Egalton in Gayl Jones' most recent novel is bold from the book's start, seeping out of the first pages with a flavor as pungent and distinctive as the mustard sauce sardines she nibbles when we first meet...
...sure when Bob met Gayl, but finally someone pierced her world. "She was intoxicated. He took her out of fantasy and into his and her reality," says Nettie Jones. But Bob had a volatile background. As a student at Wayne State University, he had written a column for the campus newspaper that he signed "A. Violence." As he got older, Bob appeared to slip into dementia. In 1974, a delusional Bob fired a gun into another apartment in his building in Staten Island, N.Y. It led to a seven-hour police siege, at the end of which he jumped...
...disruptive presence was quickly felt in Gayl's life. Morrison's relationship with Gayl was severed in the wake of his demand that she audition to edit Gayl's fourth book. Says Morrison: "I wrote her a letter saying that editing her work was a highlight of my life but that I thought she needed an editor she could trust." Other friends and relatives also found themselves cut off. When the two ran off to Europe, Gayl left behind letters addressed to the university and Ronald Reagan, declaring, "I reject your lying, racist s___. God is with...
Neighbors knew little about the couple after their return to Lexington, except that they rarely left the house and, when they did, were usually wrapped head to toe. Gayl communicated with her editors via E-mail. Ironically, her last book, The Healing, is filled with humor and has a happy ending. Unfortunately, life doesn't always imitate...