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Diana Overkill, Part II

Jack Shafer
Posted Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1997, at 7:36 PM ET

"And what flowers have I to send her except my memories? They are less than a wreath, not much more than a nosegay: just a deuil blanc table napkin wrapping a few blooms of frangipani, the blossom of broken bread."

--Clive James, "Requiem," The New Yorker</>, Sept. 15, 1997

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