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City Boy Edmund White steps through the automatic doors and joins the line of characters waiting in the roped-off segment of allocated space. Airport passengers disperse, become diluted in the crowd, and here he is. Suitcases and hold-all bags punctuate the sidewalk. The people before him crane their necks to watch for cabs that will come very soon. Edmund closes his eyes. He sees the parking lot and the city, his past and his future, bright blue sky. New York. Ashen, acrid, remorseless. Edmund sucks his dry tongue to the roof of his mouth. This is unpleasant. He hasn’t slept. It’s not easy