The Last Man Of Letters
December, 1998
Despite the festive time of year, it had become, for X, a season of numerous discontents. The more acclaimed he was in the public world, the more the myriad imperfections of others, in the private world, offended him.The imperfections of women, particularly. There were women who offended by making no effort to be feminine---sexually attractive. There were women who offended by making too obvious an effort. As if he, age 73, were an ordinary old fool, a would-be lecher to be galvanized into respo...
