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And while that was occurring, I finished off The Great Gatsby, it not being a large book. I enjoyed it, but I stand by my opinion that all the people in it are terrible. Maybe that's why I've never been interested in watching one of the films that have been made of it (my Penguin edition, from O Level days, has Mia Farrow and Robert Redford on the cover as, I would assume, Daisy and Gatsby); I suspect they cater largely to an audience that just likes seeing the Twenties clothes and stuff, rather than caring very much about the meaning of it all
After that, I read a couple of chapters of John Brooks' Business Adventures, including the one telling the whole story of Ford's Edsel and its spectacular failure in the market
Quite tired after a busy day. Or maybe, Samson-like, having my hair cut has sapped my strength
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