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The book has been described as a postmodern detective story ; He put them on in a kind of trance. It was not until he had his hand on the doorknob that he be- gan to suspect what he was doing. In his mind, he caught a glimpse of the blue map on the wall and the sunlight pouring through the window, so like the sunlight that surrounded him now. He was walking. He was crossing the street and moving eastward. At Madison Avenue he turned right and went south for a block, then turned left and saw where he was.

He stood before the building and paused. It suddenly did not seem to matter anymore. He felt remarkably calm, as if everything had already happened to him. As he opened the door that would lead him into the lobby, he gave himself one last word of advice. For some rea- son, Quinn had not been expecting this, and it threw him off track. Already, things were happening too fast. But that was the work of memory, and remembered things, he knew, had a tendency to subvert the things remembered.

As a consequence, he could never be sure of any of it. She wore a black dress and very red lipstick. It was exactly ten. As he crossed the threshold and entered the apartment, he could feel himself going blank, as if his brain had suddenly shut off. He had wanted to take in the details of what he was seeing, but the task was somehow be- yond him at that moment.

The apartment loomed up around him as a kind of blur. But that was all. No more than a general impression— even though he was there, looking at those things with his own eyes. He found himself sitting on a sofa, alone in the living room. He remembered now that Mrs. Surely no more than a minute or two. But from the way the light was coming through the windows, it seemed to be almost noon.

It did not occur to him, however, to consult his watch. Then he thought about what Max Work might have been thinking, had he been there. He decided to light a cigarette. He blew the smoke into the room. He heard the sound of someone entering the room behind him. Quinn stood up from the sofa and turned around, expect- ing to see Mrs. Instead, it was a young man, dressed entirely in white, with the white-blond hair of a child.

Then, just as suddenly as the thought had appeared, it vanished. Peter Stillman walked into the room and sat down in a red velvet armchair opposite Quinn. The act of moving from one place to another seemed to require all his attention, as though not to think of what he was doing would reduce him to immobility. It was like watching a marionette trying to walk without strings. Everything about Peter Stillman was white. White shirt, open at the neck; white pants, white shoes, white socks.

This blue was almost the same as the blue of his eyes: a milky blue that seemed to dissolve into a mixture of sky and clouds. Quinn could not imagine himself addressing a word to this person. Stillman settled slowly into his chair and at last turned his at- tention to Quinn.

As their eyes met, Quinn suddenly felt that Stillman had become invisible. He could see him sitting in the chair across from him, but at the same time it felt as though he was not there. It occurred to Quinn that perhaps Stillman was blind. But no, that did not seem possible. Quinn did not know what to do. He sat there dumbly in his seat, looking back at Stillman. A long time passed. Thank you. I say this of my own free will.

That is not my real name. Of course, my mind is not all it should be. But nothing can be done about that. About that. No, no. Not anymore. What are these words coming from his mouth? I will tell you.

Yes and no. My mind is not all it should be. But I will try. I will try to tell you, even if my mind makes it hard. Perhaps you have heard of me, but more than likely not. No matter. My real name I cannot remember. Excuse me. Not that it makes a difference. That is to say, anymore. I believe that is the term.

Strange, is it not? I myself have no opinion. No and no again. But still, there are words you will need to have. There are many of them. Many millions, I think. Perhaps only three or four. But I am doing well today. So much better than usual. If I can give you the words you need to have, it will be a great victory.

Thank you a million times over. I remember none of that. They say: mother died. Who they are I cannot say. But that is what they say. Ha ha. Such is my laughter now, my belly burst of mumbo jumbo.

Ha ha ha. Big father said: it makes no difference. To me. That is to say, to him. Big father of the big muscles and the boom, boom, boom. No questions now, please. Boo hoo. Willy nilly. They say, they say.

But what does poor little Peter say? Nothing, nothing. Very dark. As dark as very dark. They say: that was the room. As if I could talk about it. The dark, I mean. They say for nine years. Not even a window. Poor Peter Stillman. And the boom, boom, boom. The caca piles. The pipi lakes. The swoons. Numb and naked. Ex- cuse me. I am telling you. There was food in the dark, yes, mush food in the hush dark room. He ate with his hands. I mean Peter did. And if I am Peter, so much the better.

That is to say, so much the worse. I am Peter Stillman. A little boy he was. Barely a few words of his own. And then no words, and then no one, and then no, no, no. I see that I am making you sad. No questions, please. My name is Peter Stillman. My real name is Mr. What is your name, Mr.

Perhaps you are the real Mr. Sad, and I am no one. Such is my weeping and wailing. Boo hoo, sob sob. What did Peter do in that room? No one can say. Some say nothing. As for me, I think that Peter could not think. Did he blink? Did he drink? Did he stink? Sometimes I am so funny.

Clack clack bedrack. Ya, ya, ya. I am the only one who understands these words. So they say. It went on too long for Peter to be right in the head. Never again. No, no, no.

They say that someone found me. I do not remember. No, I do not re- member what happened when they opened the door and the light came in. I can say nothing about any of this. I was twelve. Or so they say. I lived in a hospital. Little by little, they taught me how to be Peter Stillman. They said: you are Peter Stillman. Thank you, I said. Thank you and thank you, I said. They had to teach him everything.

How to walk, you know. How to eat. How to make caca and pipi in the toilet. Later, I even stopped tearing off my clothes. But it was hard to teach him words.

His mouth did not work right. And of course he was not all there in his head. Ba ba ba, he said. And da da da. And wa wa wa. It took more years and years. Peter Stillman, you are a human being, they said. It is good to believe what doctors say. Thank you so very much. In the winter I am Mr. White, in the summer I am Mr. Think what you like of this. I say it of my own free will. Wimble click crumblechaw beloo. It is beautiful, is it not? I make up words like this all the time.

They just come out of my mouth by themselves. They cannot be translated. It does no good. But I will tell you. You have such a kind face. And your eyes look at me. Yes, yes.

I can see them. That is very good. You are wondering about all the rest. That is to say, the father. The ter- rible father who did all those things to little Peter. Rest assured. They took him to a dark place. They locked him up and left him there. That is perhaps a long time. But I know nothing of time. I am new every day. I am born when I wake up in the morning, I grow old during the day, and I die at night when I go to sleep.

It is not my fault. I am doing so well today. I am doing so much better than I have ever done before. His name is Peter Stillman too. That two people can have the same name? I do not know if that is his real name. But I do not think he is me.

We are both Peter Stillman. But Peter Stillman is not my real name. So perhaps I am not Peter Stillman, after all. Or they say. It makes no difference.

I know nothing of time. But what they tell me is this. Tomorrow is the end of thirteen years. That is bad. Even though they say it is not, it is bad. I am not supposed to remember.

But now and then I do, in spite of what I say. That is to say, the father will come. And he will try to kill me. But I do not want that. Peter lives now. All is not right in his head, but still he lives. And that is something, is it not? You bet your bottom dollar. Every day I sit in my room and write another poem. I begin to remember things that way, to pretend that I am back in the dark again.

I am the only one who knows what the words mean. These poems will make me famous. Hit the nail on the head. Beautiful poems. So beautiful the whole world will weep. After I am done be- ing a poet. Sooner or later I will run out of words, you see. Everyone has just so many words inside him. And then where will I be?

And after that a doctor. The last thing I will be is a high-wire walker. When I am very old and have at last learned how to walk like other people. Then I will dance on the wire, and people will be amazed. Even little children. That is what I would like. To dance on the wire until I die. As you can see, I am a rich man. I do not have to worry. Not about that.

The father was rich, and little Peter got all his money after they locked him up in the dark. Excuse me for laughing. That was quite a family, or so they say. From old Boston, in case you might have heard of it.

I am the last one. There are no others.