02 May 2011

Young Fogey: A.N. Wilson

A. N. Wilson, the novelist and critic, says he wears the same clothes (usually a three-piece suit and bow tie, plus a shirt with a deep and curled-up collar) until they smell. Then he drops them in the corner of the room.

The Young Fogey Handbook, Suzanne Lowry (1985)
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous02 May, 2011 05:31

    That was my husband's way too until marriage broke his spirit.

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  2. w. adam mandelbaum esq.02 May, 2011 09:40

    Rather dingy not dandy.

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  3. Des Esseintes02 May, 2011 11:03

    Poor guy. In a stronger man, the spirit would have broken the marriage.

    dE

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  4. NCJack02 May, 2011 19:48

    Des Esseintes, did you take a close look at Tabitha's pic?

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  5. J K Huysmans03 May, 2011 15:24

    I used to think that I was Des Esseintes.

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