


You see, we were born - and remained - rather dense naïfs, Fabrizio and I.Īnd if you’re like that, and just let the good times roll, you’re only headed for one of life’s many brick walls. As folks had to watch BOTH of us back then.įor Quixotic at heart, Fabrizio and I had vowed never to rescind our Law of the Quest. His erratically errant psychological type is the kind of persona you have to watch - closely. You see, his wayward mom and sparkling little aunt had given this kid a very long leash indeed.Ĭareful, ladies. In 1975, I lugged this paperback along with my brown bag lunch on my trips into the dreary downtown enclave that first fitfully entombed my youthful dreams - my dark office at the outset of my thirty-year fully-pensionable life sentence.Īs my enthusiasm waned there, though eschewing the ribald loves of my fellow lifers’ way of all flesh, I found a fond friend in Fabrizio - O yes, Stendhal‘s ever-young protagonist, Fabrizio!
