The Great Walt Of China

February, 1999

The Great Walt of ChinaI think this is a simple story to tell, but knowing Vincent Ettrich, it will probably end up complicated. Sometimes it seemed everything about him was complicated, often for no reason at all.This happened when he was alive, a long time ago. I knew him when he lived in Europe, when he was a successful man. He had things then, he wore cashmere socks. People spoke well of him; his family was proud. He was at the height of his success then, a couple of years before he got sick...