Word: mislaid
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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...withers or dies after reaching renown-suggest what the author is up to. Goatish carnality is occasionally his medium, but he is writing about the mysterious web of past-present, the great arcs of possibility that bemuse a boy and, broken, haunt a man. His six characters are the mislaid and scattered pieces of one, the teacher who dreamed of painting, wrote a little, had a talent for music...
...people who run the whole affair do their best to be prepared for such unscheduled events-the executive secretary, who does everything from tracking down mislaid children to re-introducing their parents, wouldn't dream of setting out for Essex without armloads of safety pins, suntan oil, and Kotex. But you can't foresee every contingency. Gosh, the unexpected is half the fun of reunions...