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...title is a typical O'Hara stunt, The Instrument refers explicitly to the way in which Yancey ("Yank") Lucas becomes the literary tool of an actress. It also refers to Yank's penis, which has no conscience whatsoever and contributes to the deaths of two of his bed partners. The book tells the story of Yank's sudden rise to the top of the American theater and his possession by the gifts that put him there...
Zena Gollum, an unMethodical actress of great power and appetite, takes an instant liking to Yank's play and to Yank. Following the pattern set by virtually all other O'Hara women, she is in a hotel room with him a few hours after they met. But after a brief affair, Yank decides that he will not put himself to the tests of theatrical glory and aggression in bed. He runs away to Vermont, begins his next play, and starts looking for other women...
...stroke off the pace was Leverett's Bill Daly. Third place went to Yank Heisler of Kirkland, who shot...
...also makes more plausible the lengthy ensuing dialogue with his wife before She spots the daggers; and she finds that she has to pry them loose from his grip as though rigor mortis had set in. So traumatic has the experience been for him that she finally has to yank and drag him off to wash his bloody hands...
...freshmen, whose only other defeat was at Exeter, the contest with the Elis had looked like another easy victory. The top three players, Yank Heisler, Jack Purdy, and Chris Gurry, all won their matches at the long, sprawling Country Club in Brookline...