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...Raitcliffe, as Moody makes very clear in the first short chapter of the novel, is a hero, "and if he's a hero, then heroes are five-and-dime, and the world is as crowded with them as it is with stray pets, worn tires, and missing keys." He is a saint maybe, like one of the exceedingly normal yet extraordinarily courageous and strong characters who populate the works of Anne Tyler; a modern day tragic hero whose Achilles' heel and fatal flaw is a penchant for liquor. Lou Sloane's abrupt and cruel parting from Billie rouses Hex from...
...very excited for him," said the woman Narayan described as his mentor, Dr. Pamela J. Frable, director of the Terrence County, Texas chapter of the Red Cross. "I think this is great for our organization...
...Narayan stressed the importance of local involvement. Even in the face of national leadership, and he still volunteers at the Massachusetts Bay chapter...
...Narayan was diagnosed with cancer, arare sarcoma in his sinuses. It was then that theyoung volunteer, by that time serving on his RedCross chapter's board of directors, was selectedas the keynote speaker at the organization'snational convention...
...death too: the 1988 demise of brilliant but burned-out director Hal Ashby, whose Coming Home, The Last Detail and Shampoo were touchstone films of the '70s. Other directors fared only a little better, ushering in the '80s and '90s with divorces, addictions and bankruptcy. Indeed, the last chapter's title is the final line of dialogue from Easy Rider: "We blew...