Life After Graduation

The novelist author, Charles Webb, passed away last June 16, 2020 at 81 years of age in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England — he was born June 9, 1939 in San Francisco, California, United States. He found worldwide fame — but no financial fortune — after his 1963 novel “The Graduate” was made into a film of the same name (1967), starring Anne Bancroft (as Mrs. Robinson) and Dustin Hoffman (as Benjamin Braddock).

Benjamin meets Mrs. Robinson. Photo: Rialto Pictures.

Everything’s Eventual

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“You’ve fed him your muck”, the boy [...] said. “Why don’t you go, and let us have a natter?”. “Well!”, Sister Coquina huffed. “I like the gratitude around here, so I do!”. “I’m grateful for what’s given me”, Norman responded, looking at her steadily, “but not for what folk would take away”. Stephen King, “Everything’s Eventual”, New York, Pocket Books, 2007, p. 176