St. George and the Godfather

From the introduction by John Leonard: "This book is written in blood on brain bandages. This is the way these conventions in Miami felt to a wonderful American writer whose personal dread is also his magnifying lens: stunt man, Quixote, paranoid, exorcist, gyroscope, an alchemist who tortures himself instead of the metals. He mainlines on contradictions. He will not congratulate the winner, knowing what all of us are about to lose. Contemplating Nixon, he observes: 'Even in politics, some hands are not yours to shake.'"