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  1. Public Bookmark 73

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    Here, in this Parisian hospital room, Alice and Armand begin their last collaboration: Daniel’s life story. They’re putting it together; no, they’re taking it apart. Events take place, relative to other events. One damn thing after another. But that’s how all stories work.

    In 1973, Daniel Molloy meets a stranger in Polynesian Mary’s.
    In 1974, he meets Alice and they move to New York City together.
    In 1985, he proposes to Alice, who says no. Who says yes. Who says—


    24 items (more or less) from the A.M. collection, spanning 1974 to 1985 (more or less). Presented with their accompanying manuscript.

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    23 Sep 2025

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    “We’ve been together for 77 years, Daniel. Shall we let the math of that settle before continuing?”

    Louis and Armand, through the years.

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    24 Jan 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 94

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    The old itch never goes away. It never feels less good to scratch.

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    09 Dec 2024

  4. Public Bookmark 44

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    How Louis tells the story to a bright young reporter with a point of view: Armand leads him to a room off the Grande Galarie and shows him a painting, Adoration of the Shepherds with a Donor. This is Amadeo. He’s twenty years, here.

    Armand recalls it differently.

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    08 Dec 2024

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    Obviously, truth is stranger than fiction, and there’s always going to be edge cases in the real world, but for our purposes: just how realistic is Armand’s tragic backstory?

    Judging by the number of retweets/reblogs on this post and others like it, fannish opinion seems to be “not very”. But honestly? It’s not that far-fetched.

    Or: a fannish academic does a deep dive into the most controversial character in Daniel Molloy’s new novel.

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    01 Dec 2024