RIP Malachy McCourt, who died today at 92.
This photo was taken after I heard him speak in Los Angeles not long after A Monk Swimming was published. You can’t tell from the picture, but my face actually hurt from laughing so much as he told tales of his freewheeling, hilarious, and sometimes awful life. He described himself as “human being at large at I have never worked a day in my life.” I’m sure he’s working hard at regaling all the saints and angels right now.
The Green Side of the Grass 