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As indicated above, even some of Thurber's later casuals reflect the sustained craftsmanship and humor of his early and middle periods. "Midnight at Tim's Place" (November 29, 1958), for instance, is a tightly written piece about a conversation in a bar. As light and well-paced as his stories from thirty years previous, this tale is about a young couple who intrude upon the narrator and his wife to involve them in a domestic quarrel. During the evening the young husband recounts an audience that he recently had with his old philosophy professor. The young man, suffering from depression,...
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