Dec 15, 2009
The unnamed narrator, awakened at 5:25 a.m. by his vomiting dog, reveals that he has misbehaved the previous night, making his wife cry. He intimates that his behavior was part of a pattern and that his marriage has problems. They once had a daughter, but she evidently died in early childhood; he is less than forthcoming about details in this, as in most areas of his private life. He calls himself the oldest college student in the United States, although he knows it is not technically true. At forty-two years old, however, he is nearly twice the age of the average...
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