Harnisch: An Alibiography, Second Alibi: The Banality of Life, and Sex, Drugs,
and Schizophrenia [Lover in the Nobody]
by Ben to an orgy held in a palatial mansion where Georgie completely indulges
his foot fetish with a woman who resembles Claudia but has a mouth scar that
makes her grimace rather than smile. He then crawls around on salt grains—the
pain feels great. Ben asks why he hurt himself. Georgie tells Ben about the
nanny that abused him, to explain his craziness. Georgie tells Ben he is seeing
Claudia. Georgie returns to his house, but there is no message from Claudia and
her house is empty. He stares at her house for days. He runs into Margaret
again, who suggests they get together. He decides he will pretend he’s not home
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