Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. October 4, 1941
Birthday: October 4
A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.
source: "Summer Reading; Reading And Nothingness, Of Proust In The Summer Sun" by Roy Blount, Jr., www.nytimes.com. June 2, 1985.
topic: Book, Anchors, Funny Drinking, Gin And Tonic, Gin