Then they came out, Finney wearing the foolish smile you so… - Richard Yates

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Then they came out, Finney wearing the foolish smile you sometimes see in the crowds that gape at street accidents

Richard Yates

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Richard Yates (February 3, 1926 – November 7, 1992) was an American fiction writer. His first novel, "Revolutionary Road" (1961), was a finalist for the 1962 National Book Award and is listed in Time Magazine's 100 Best Novels.

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Life goes wrong for the Grimes sisters [...] because "they can't help being the people they are" —Yates's explicit vision of tragedy.

"There's something we have to discuss," she said, and from the way she said it he knew it wouldn't be a discussion at all. She had something to tell him - something he wouldn't like - and he had better shut up and sit down and listen.

and for an hour or two they talked in circles.

Then they came out, Finney wearing the foolish smile you sometimes see in the crowds that gape at street accidents - Richard Yates

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