Chameleon

October, 1972

ChameleonMaster of Arabic, French, Spanish, English and Hebrew, Bebert, talky Judaeo-Berber adventurer, came to New York."I am an excellent salesman," he told Drexson of Drexson's Ltd., a fancy haberdashery in the Bronx; and Drexson, because he identified accent with culture and associated culture with class, and class with better business, and liked the way Bebert barreled out his chest to make claims for himself, put him on. Also, Bebert had said that he was an Israeli, which was tru...