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Up On the Roof

           HehadbeenroadblockedonthecrucialscenebetweenDenker,thesadisticheadmaster,andGaryBenson,hisyounghero,duringthelastunhappysixmonthsatStovington,monthswhenthecravingforadrinkhadbeensobadthathecouldbarelyconcentrateonhisin-classlectures,letalonehisextracurricularliteraryambitions.

           Butinthelasttwelveevenings,asheactuallysatdowninfrontoftheoffice-modelUnderwoodhehadborrowedfromthemainofficedownstairs,theroadblockhaddisappearedunderhisfingersasmagicallyascottoncandydissolvesonthelips.HehadcomeupalmosteffortlesslywiththeinsightsintoDenker’scharacterthathadalwaysbeenlacking,andhehadrewrittenmostofthesecondactaccordingly,makingitrevolvearoundthenewscene.Andtheprogressofthethirdact,whichhehadbeenturningoverinhismindwhenthewaspputanendtocogitation,wascomingclearerallthetime.Hethoughthecouldroughitoutintwoweeks,andhaveacleancopyofthewholedamnedplaybyNewYear’s.

           HehadanagentinNewYork,atoughred-headedwomannamedPhyllisSandlerwhosmokedHerbertTareytons,drankJimBeamfromapapercup,andthoughttheliterarysunroseandsetonSeanO’Casey.ShehadmarketedthreeofJack’sshortstories,includingtheEsquirepiece.

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