Do you think Don was a good writer? When he brags of his collegiate success, claiming that his work was hemingway-esque, do you buy it? Is there a great writer drowning himself, a has-been, or simply a never-was using the bottle as an excuse?
shareI think Don had the potential but his expectations were probably too high, which then led to disappointments and finally to the bottle.
"I don't mind a parasite. I object to a cut-rate one."
+ 1. He won a competition and thought he was the man and that the books would write themselves, on realizing he wasn't and they wouldn't he hit the bottle - he says so himself. The potential was there though.
shareI thought the Hemingway comment was sarcasm. A man commenting on his youthful arrogance.
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