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An epilogue catalogues what happened to his friends and family after the end of his life. Jann has done some writing with Matt Cimber, a terribly funny ex-porn king, whom I once testified for as an expert witness in the '70s. Seeing Matt's name helped me understand Robbins. They were just boys! Bad boys who wouldn't or couldn't grow up. No wonder the American masses devoured Robbins's books. Caviar! Yachts! Sex until you can't stand it anymore! And when this life of pleasure goes horribly wrong, that's American, too.

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