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Frederick Exley - A Fan's Notes (1968)

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In football a man was asked to do a difficult and brutal job, and he either did it or got out.

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Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was, a depressant to check the mental exhilaration produced by extended sobriety.

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I wanted to lie hour after hour on a couch, pouring out the dark, secret places of my heart—do this feeling that over my shoulder sat humanity and wisdom and generosity, a munificent heart—do this until that incredibly lovely day when the great man would say to me, his voice grave and dramatic with discovery: "This is you, Exley. Rise and go back into the world a whole man.

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Born: March 28, 1929
Died: June 17, 1992 (aged 63)
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