The "living literary legend" walked up to the microphone. Tall, wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, burgundy tie. He said he was glad to be reminded (by Hermione Lee) that this occasion was not his funeral. He patted his jacket and took out a sheet of paper from an inside pocket. The first words were, "Seventy five. How sudden."
Philip Roth: A 75th Birthday Tribute. (Via.)
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