Dedication
For Dad,
Whose love, very late in life, surprised his son.
And for Bernard Berenson and Nicky Mariano,
who gave me a new world.
For Charles Beaumont
who lived in that little house
halfway up in the next block
most of my life.
And for Bill Nolan
and Bill Idelson, friend of Rush Gook,
and for Paul Condylis …
Because …