As I said, when we needed to move over to rock'n'roll, Sam and Vernon couldn't quite make the shift. So that's when Larry took over on drums, and we needed a bass player.
Novels attempt to render human experience; that's really all they are. They are meant to convey empathy for the character.
There's always something we can complain about. We're all one. Things could always be better, but things could always be worse.

