Table of Contents
1 Mr. Laughter: Spring 1986 1
2 Childhood: 1948-1965 8
Other Voices: Holly Fischl Giloth 17
Laurie Fischl Whittle 18
Holly Fischl Giloth 20
3 First Love, Last Rites: 1963-1970 21
Other Voices: Holly Fischl Giloth 41
4 Calarts: 1970-1971 44
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 65
Alana (Lannie) Johnston 66
David Salle 69
5 Chicago: 1972-1974 71
Other Voices: Bill Swaim 78
6 Halifax: 1974-1978 79
Other Voices: Allan Hacklin 90
7 April: 1975-1978 93
8 New York: 1978-1980 110
Other Voices: April Gornik 123
9 Surfing: 1980-1981 126
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 142
Julian Schnabel 144
Bryan Hunt 148
10 Bad Boy: 1981-1983 149
Other Voices: Julian Schnabel 166
11 Making It: 1983-1984 167
Other Voices: Ross Bleckner 175
12 Conflict: 1984 176
Other Voices: David Salle 186
13 Vanity: 1984-1986 189
Other Voices: Mary Boone 208
14 Hangover: 1986-1990 210
Other Voices: Bruce Ferguson 226
15 India and Japan: 1989 228
16 Malaise: 1990-1992 240
Other Voices: Marsha Norman 252
Ralph Gibson 253
17 New Directions: 1992-1995 255
Other Voices: Mike Nichols 270
Marsha Norman 271
John McEnroe 273
18 The Meaning of Life: 1995-2002 275
Other Voices: Laurie Fischl Whittle 293
Holly Fischl Giloth 294
Robbie Baitz 297
19 Soul in Flight: 1997-2002 299
Other Voices: John Fischl 323
Steve Martin 324
20 Summing Up: 2002-2012 329
Acknowledgments 345
Index 347