The Woman in Oil Fields (1996)
“This headline appeared in the Houston Post a day after Frederick Becker arrived in Texas for treatment at the M. D. Anderson Medical Center. As he read about his illness, he wondered how soon his obituary would come, and how large it would be. Would it lift him or drown him in the mud? Early in his career he’d set a rule for himself based on his first bitter experiences in New York City: never speak to journalists. Like actresses, whom he also avoided, they burn for attention, so they’re always... indiscreet.
In the case of the Post reporter, an eager wreck of a man in his late forties, Frederick made an exception. The fellow had caught him in one of the med center’s many parking lots; Frederick had just finished a frank discussion with a surgeon who’d told him his chances of surviving the cancer were slim, and he felt vulnerable, beyond all rules, in need of immediate human contact.
“All my life I’ve wanted to be Ernest Hemingway,” the reporter confided in him – a ploy to earn his trust?MoreLess
In the case of the Post reporter, an eager wreck of a man in his late forties, Frederick made an exception. The fellow had caught him in one of the med center’s many parking lots; Frederick had just finished a frank discussion with a surgeon who’d told him his chances of surviving the cancer were slim, and he felt vulnerable, beyond all rules, in need of immediate human contact.
“All my life I’ve wanted to be Ernest Hemingway,” the reporter confided in him – a ploy to earn his trust?MoreLess
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