"Having worked with him once, briefly, many years ago, he struck me as being exhausted by the business side of show business, or maybe just going through a hard time in his life. Now, seeing these pictures, I wonder if he just wasn't missing the homey seclusion of his library. What a wonderful room! Everything else in the house is immaculate, but here you can see the books have been used--pulled off the shelf, thumbed through, shoved back quickly for another. I can imagine spending many leisure hours with a novel or poring over musical scores. But at this price, I'm dreaming the impossible dream."—PAC [Late Broadway Composer's Lenox Hill Mansion Wants $38M]
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