![]() ![]() He was described as shy, but I think his actions are more accurately characterized as careful-he did not want to leave a record or draw attention.” He never sent letters or took notes, preferring to speak in person or by phone. He was on a mission, after all, in quest of the American dream, and was circumspect and deliberate as a result. He was a bachelor and alone but not lonely. His friends were associates, his mentors and enemies the same. He spent fifteen minutes after each meal standing on his head, which he read was good for digestion. A devotee of fads, a nut about his weight, he experimented with diets, now swearing off meat, now swearing off everything but meat, now eating only bananas, now eating everything but bananas. At twenty-nine, he was rich, a well-known figure in a steamy paradise, tall with deep black eyes and a hawkish profile. ![]() When his business grew, he moved uptown, following the wealth of the city, which had been fleeing the French Quarter for decades. Some building in the French Quarter, perhaps a wreck with cracks in the walls and a sloped ceiling, and the heat goes out and the fog comes in. ![]()
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