Everything Happened To Susan (1972) - Plot & Excerpts
He is incredibly dedicated to his work but his job in the Welfare Department gets him down; constant demands are being made upon his compassion and sense of balance, he says, and he finds it impossible to maintain toward his work the kind of polished detachment intrinsic to the creation of great art. Nevertheless he cannot leave the Welfare Department, having tenure and needing the income too badly to be able to take time off to finish his book or look for another job. His face looks astonished in repose; his pores open, his nerves twitch under the mask of impassivity, and he groans heavily, adjusting himself more comfortably in the chair, allowing his head to sink fully into his cupped hands. Susan pats him on the neck and reads what is in the typewriter which seems to have to do with the reaction of a welfare investigator to a particularly aggressive client. “I CAN’T STAND THIS ANY MORE,” MR. MORALES SCREAMED, the page reads, “MY WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE STARVING FOR LACK OF BREAD AND YOU STAND THERE IN YOUR BUSINESS SUIT AND TELL ME ABOUT RULES AND REGULATIONS.
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