“My brain was famous, but I was not. Not every gifted child invents a pollutant-free fuel, paints a masterpiece, or finds the cure for cancer,” Jack MacLeod tells us. “Some of us just live out our lives.” Jack died in 1974; now, he’s ready to narrate his story from beyond the grave.
Jack’s prodigious memory, which allows him to memorize books, and his penchant for psychic connections give him unusual insights into the events of his past life and make him fiercely curious about his current state of existence. Jack immerses us in interconnected tales of his childhood participation in a research study on the intellectually gifted, his dual career as a clinical psychologist and university professor, his participation in the unmasking of an unscrupulous colleague, his long-term health issues, his brief but life-changing love affair with a student, his deep friendship with another man, and his eventual acceptance and celebration of the circumstances of his fate. How Jack dies, and how he deals with the murder of someone close to him, mirrors how he has lived and grown, and marks the significance of everyone and everything that ultimately brings him to yet another level of brilliance.
- 318 pages
- English
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. Cunning and Theatrics
- 2. I’m No Angel
- 3. A Cheap Plastic Clock
- 4. Cybèle, Luther, and an Evening Surprise
- 5. Frances, in Love and Disillusion
- 6. Lunch with Dr. Sarah
- 7. Sarah, Grace, and My Knighthood
- 8. Don at Howard Johnson’s
- 9. Sleeping with Edith Wharton
- 10. Eliza Accepts Two Books
- 11. Dinner with Al Capone
- 12. A Priest, a Barber, and a Psychologist…
- 13. Hansel and Gretel
- 14. Sarah, Lost and Found
- 15. Eliza’s Inheritance
- 16. I Listen to Eliza’s Dream
- 17. I Steal an Ashtray
- 18. Listen to My Nothing
- 19. Like an Actress in a Silent Movie
- 20. Don Tells a Story
- 21. A Lousy Proposal
- 22. Lined with Pine Boughs
- 23. Sherlock Takes a Case
- 24. A Lucky Doggie
- 25. Hail, Full of Grace
- 26. Making a Date with Don
- 27. It Really Is a Dress Rehearsal
- 28. A Funeral, Frances, and a Moment of Clarity
- 29. A Twirling Nosedive
- 30. Turning Out the Patio Lights
- 31. Don in a Pith Helmet
- 32. Happy Talk and the Water Cure
- 33. An Elevator Dream
- 34. A Red Velvet Kneeler
- 35. Don’t Worry About a Thing
- 36. A Perfect Patient
- 37. I Don’t Really Think She Forgot
- 38. Meeep
- 39. As Long as You Live, or Longer
- 40. Let Her Be Spoiled
- 41. Dreaming of Innocence
- 42. Don’s Dilemma
- 43. A Sky Bar
- 44. A Mental Bookmark
- 45. Don’s New Robe
- 46. Epilogue: As Clear as the Sky Above the Fog
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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