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Or he was simply pretending—like many drinkers, he liked to think each new day drew a line under the day before.

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Becoming drunk is a journey that generally elates him in the early stages—he's good company, expansive, mischievous and fun, the famous old poet, almo...more

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It's at moments like these in a game that the essentials of his character are exposed: narrow, ineffectual, stupid—and morally so. The game becomes an...more