The TRAX series tells a love story. Volumes one through three are set in the boroughs of New York, 1968-72. She was a skinny wisp of a girl, and he was a graduate student at NYU. They drove a Mustang, a Chevy pickup truck, owned two big dogs, and rented a studio in Alphabet City. He was a diamond courier after classes and she worked at the bank. The charm of the book is the events they each recall, and the way the details are remembered-after forty years.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
The Real Skinny: "Aside from his snobbishness, he was easy to get along with"
The real skinny (according to Boy): I think Evie was right about Fred—the thing that I remember best about him was that he was often in the way. Aside from his snobbishness, he was easy to get along with. I doubt that we ever had a cross word. But he did tend to annoy me with his bantering. And when Evie came to visit, he was a little too nosey. Quite possibly he and I might have become better friends (or just more friendly) had I not become so obsessed with Evie. I thought of nothing else. He probably grew a little tired of hearing about her, especially when he did not have a girlfriend.
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