The Human Fly

The Human FlyJust try to explain to anyone the art of fasting!--Franz Kafka, A Hunger ArtistIn the early days, before the press took him up, his outfit was pretty basic: tights and cape, plastic swim goggles and a bathing cap in the brightest shade of red he could find. The tights were red, too, though they'd faded to pink in the thighs and calves and had begun to sag around the knees. He wore a pair of scuffed high tops--red, of course--and the cape, which looked as if it had last been used to...