- Wed Oct 31, 2018 8:54 am
#109932
I believe you are confusing that with the Pulitzer-winning biography of John Forbes Tool titled The Confounding of a Dunce.
A pithy excerpt from john's life story describes his typical grooming, haberdashery, and snooty demeanor :
"A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once. Full, pursed lips protruded beneath the bushy black moustache and, at their corners, sank into little folds filled with disapproval and potato chip crumbs. In the shadow under the green visor of the cap John Forbes Tool’s supercilious blue and yellow eyes looked down upon the other people waiting under the clock at the Selfridges department store, studying the crowd of people for signs of bad taste in dress."
I couldn't wait to put it down.