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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "frogprod"
<frogprod@...> wrote:
>
> It's really none of my business and I don't know if
Block has ever
> shared details of his personal life, but I wonder
how he is able to
> portray the life of a depressed alcoholic so vividly
and, from my
> experience (I am not a depressed alcoholic myself,
but I've worked
> with them professionally and dealt with them
personally), so truly.
>
> Has Block ever spoken to this?
Welcome out of lurkdom, phred. Block has said that he did
have problems with alcohol. I don't remember him saying
anything about depression, or comparing his problems to
Scudder's. Whatever the relation to Block's life, Scudder's
situation is vividly and thoroughly laid out in the
books.
Best,
mrt
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