I am sorry to say this to my many USAmerican and Canadian friends and
colleagues; but I am glad he is that side of the Atlantic
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On Mon, June 25, 2012 16:39, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Thank you for this, Max. I think....
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> Doug
> On 2012-06-23, at 4:20 PM, Max Richards wrote:
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>> The 63-year-old author was wearing a frayed pink shirt, black pants and
>> black boots. In height he occupies “that much-disputed territory
>> between five foot six and five foot seven,” as he wrote of the
>> character Keith Nearing in his 2011 novel, “The Pregnant Widow.” His
>> much-discussed youthful beauty has crashed on the shore of late middle
>> age without too much damage.
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>> When Mr. Amis and his second wife, the American writer Isabel Fonseca,
>> 50, bought the 5,300-square-foot brownstone on Strong Place in Cobble
>> Hill last year for $2.5 million, it was the most stunning infusion of
>> macho literary firepower to the borough since Norman Mailer. The couple
>> lives there with their teenage daughters, Fernanda and Clio.
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>> “Best address I’ve ever had,” he said. “It’s a good spondee. Strong.
>> Place. You can’t stress one or the other. Two big stresses.” Asked if
>> the neighbors know he’s there, the author said he is recognized on the
>> street about once every two weeks.
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