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...machinery of the story is simple. One night, drunk and excited at the sight of blood (from a razor slash on one of their wrists), four young men draw numbers from a hat and seemingly in jest agree to kill themselves in order, without revealing the pact or the motive. The four are loners, dependent upon each other in tangled psychological ways. Adler is a fat, ugly and lonely neuter from the Ozarks, who cannot reconcile his hillbilly background with his aspirations in botany and his love of dance and literature. Pless, a young psychologist whose feelings have been frozen...
...third hole. But he delayed revealing what he wanted until the 16th. By this time his companion, anxiously speculating on how many pounds-ten? 100?-Potter was going to touch him for, was dubbing every other shot. As it developed, all Potter requested was the loan of a razor blade, a gambit that ruined the remainder of his friend's game. "Relief," added the author, "creates a tendency to pull...
...weekend yet and 9 a.m. It rained on the bed last night. No covers on my feet. Slippers, slippers. Watch the razor, beards don't grow on trees, you know. Cold tile and a starched shirt. 15 collar, 151/2 neck. Crest, Breakfast of Champions. Lock the door. And the New York Times again. Headlines, skinny columns. Oh, I made the news today...
...death and his political misfortunes. In recent days, he has displayed a marked resilience. He has lost 20 lbs.-leading to a Capitol Hill sick joke: "There must be an easier way to lose weight." He is clear-eyed, the puffy jowls are gone, his hair is razor-cut in the back with the sideburns shorter. His handshake is firm once more...
...food into her mouth, which she swallowed without bothering to chew. It would have been hard for her to chew because she had no teeth, but anyway lunch was so soft and mushy that it really didn't make much difference. After a while the nurse, with a few razor strokes of the fork, scraped the mashed potatoes off the women's chin and left. She remained frozen with something that might have been a smile, and gravy for a beard. When I looked up again she was in a new position, with half of a brownie in her right...