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conversations.value: One turns the last pages of More Die of Heartbreak feeling that no image has been left unexplored by a mind not only at constant work but standing outside itself, mercilessly examining the workings, tracking the leading issues of our times and the composite man in an age of hybrids. -- The New York Times Book Review, <a href="/exec/obidos/ISBN=0140089934/${0}">William Gaddis</a>
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conversations.value: More Die of Heartbreak: The book opens with an introduction of characters, and with Trachtenberg, the narrator, describing his complex relationship with his maternal uncle, Benn Crader, a world-renowned botanist.\nHe then discusses the distinctions between himself, and his father, a man who, as he describes him, "[puts] on the kind of sex display you see in nature films, the courting behavior of turkey cocks or any of the leggier birds… Dad was a hit with women.\n" This theme continues throughout the book, with Kenneth accepting his difficulties with women.\nHe also introduces his mother, a woman who allowed her husband to step out, and only left after realizing that he did not understand what made her happy.\nShe wanted intellectual stimulation of a literary style, whereas he bought her materialistic goods to make up for his infidelities.\nTo atone for receiving the goods she did not need, Kenneth\'s mother is now living among refugees in Africa.\nKenneth then embarks on an overview of Benn\'s recent sexual history.\nHe presents a man who, while appreciative of beauty and women, is not quite rooted enough in human society to understand the sexual pretexts he encounters.\nOne incident is discussed many times during the novel: a middle aged neighbor of Benn\'s, an attractive professional who has a slight drinking problem, asks Benn to help her change a light bulb, a not too subtle hint which Benn ignores until she makes a move.\nThe next day, when he shows no interest, and expresses regret for the act, she exclaims, "What am I supposed to do with my sexuality.\n" Benn then attracts the attentions of another older woman, Caroline who is controlling, indifferent, and loving all at the same time.\nWhile Benn, unbeknownst to Kenneth, is dealing with a planned wedding to Caroline, the protagonist is in Seattle to discuss with his ex-girlfriend, Treckie, what they should do about raising their child, now three years old.\nTreckie, a beautiful, half-sized woman, has been seeing another man, a fact Kenneth knows because of the bruises on her legs - lovemaking injuries he refused to ever give her.\nKenneth has discussed this peculiar fetish with his father, who knows women, and received the knowledge that some smaller women must do it to show they are women, and not fully matured girls, the perception they give off.\nBenn, escaping from the wedding to Caroline, flies to Kyoto at the expense of a lecture series, inviting Kenneth to join him.\nThe Japanese sense of order and utility appeals to Benn, until a strip show he sees at the insistence of his colleagues upsets him with its overt sexuality, at which point, he and Kenneth return to their home in the Midwest.\nBenn\'s next partner is Matilda Layamon, a beautiful, Midwestern daughter, who wants to settle down with a distinguished, older man who can calm her wild side.\nBenn, perhaps fearing that Kenneth will convince him that it is a foolhardy idea, weds her without "Kenneth\'s permission.\n" Matilda\'s father is a rectangular man with sharp, thin shoulders who is a doctor, and in fact, asks that he be called, "Doctor.\n" He serves the rich, and because of this, has one-percentage point interests in many businesses around the country - an accidental fortune.\nHe is a scheming man, and other than a few disagreements between Benn, and the man, no conflicts occur until he attempts to take advantage of Benn\'s uncle, a man who, as executor of the will of the Crader mother, undersold, and unfairly bought the Crader home, selling the land to a company which built a tower there, resulting in millions of dollars of profit for Uncle Vilitzer, and pennies for the Crader children.\nBecause Vilitzer controlled the judge, neither Benn nor Kenneth\'s mother received their fair share, and the Doctor hopes to correct this, so that Matilda will have a rich husband.\nIn the end, Vilitzer dies after a heated discussion with Kenneth and Benn, and Benn, attending the funeral, sends his wife ahead to their honeymoon, and changes his ticket for the North Pole.\nHe relays this to Kenneth who now lives in Benn\'s apartment, and who has recently returned from a successful bid to Treckie that he have his daughter for a part of the year.\nHe is aware of her impending marriage thanks to a self-expedient phone call that revealed this information.\nThe book ends with a conversation between the two professors in which both stories are relayed to each other.
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conversations.value: \nThe book ends with a conversation between the two professors in which both stories are relayed to each other.\nHe then discusses the distinctions between himself, and his father, a man who, as he describes him, "[puts] on the kind of sex display you see in nature films, the courting behavior of turkey cocks or any of the leggier birds… Dad was a hit with women.\n" This theme continues throughout the book, with Kenneth accepting his difficulties with women.\nHe also introduces his mother, a woman who allowed her husband to step out, and only left after realizing that he did not understand what made her happy.\nShe wanted intellectual stimulation of a literary style, whereas he bought her materialistic goods to make up for his infidelities.\nTo atone for receiving the goods she did not need, Kenneth\'s mother is now living among refugees in Africa.\nKenneth then embarks on an overview of Benn\'s recent sexual history.\nHe presents a man who, while appreciative of beauty and women, is not quite rooted enough in human society to understand the sexual pretexts he encounters.\nOne incident is discussed many times during the novel: a middle aged neighbor of Benn\'s, an attractive professional who has a slight drinking problem, asks Benn to help her change a light bulb, a not too subtle hint which Benn ignores until she makes a move.\nThe next day, when he shows no interest, and expresses regret for the act, she exclaims, "What am I supposed to do with my sexuality.\n" Benn then attracts the attentions of another older woman, Caroline who is controlling, indifferent, and loving all at the same time.\nWhile Benn, unbeknownst to Kenneth, is dealing with a planned wedding to Caroline, the protagonist is in Seattle to discuss with his ex-girlfriend, Treckie, what they should do about raising their child, now three years old.\nTreckie, a beautiful, half-sized woman, has been seeing another man, a fact Kenneth knows because of the bruises on her legs - lovemaking injuries he refused to ever give her.\nKenneth has discussed this peculiar fetish with his father, who knows women, and received the knowledge that some smaller women must do it to show they are women, and not fully matured girls, the perception they give off.\nBenn, escaping from the wedding to Caroline, flies to Kyoto at the expense of a lecture series, inviting Kenneth to join him.\nThe Japanese sense of order and utility appeals to Benn, until a strip show he sees at the insistence of his colleagues upsets him with its overt sexuality, at which point, he and Kenneth return to their home in the Midwest.\nBenn\'s next partner is Matilda Layamon, a beautiful, Midwestern daughter, who wants to settle down with a distinguished, older man who can calm her wild side.\nBenn, perhaps fearing that Kenneth will convince him that it is a foolhardy idea, weds her without "Kenneth\'s permission.\n" Matilda\'s father is a rectangular man with sharp, thin shoulders who is a doctor, and in fact, asks that he be called, "Doctor.\n" He serves the rich, and because of this, has one-percentage point interests in many businesses around the country - an accidental fortune.\nHe is a scheming man, and other than a few disagreements between Benn, and the man, no conflicts occur until he attempts to take advantage of Benn\'s uncle, a man who, as executor of the will of the Crader mother, undersold, and unfairly bought the Crader home, selling the land to a company which built a tower there, resulting in millions of dollars of profit for Uncle Vilitzer, and pennies for the Crader children.\nBecause Vilitzer controlled the judge, neither Benn nor Kenneth\'s mother received their fair share, and the Doctor hopes to correct this, so that Matilda will have a rich husband.\nIn the end, Vilitzer dies after a heated discussion with Kenneth and Benn, and Benn, attending the funeral, sends his wife ahead to their honeymoon, and changes his ticket for the North Pole.\nHe relays this to Kenneth who now lives in Benn\'s apartment, and who has recently returned from a successful bid to Treckie that he have his daughter for a part of the year.\nHe is aware of her impending marriage thanks to a self-expedient phone call that revealed this information.More Die of Heartbreak: The book opens with an introduction of characters, and with Trachtenberg, the narrator, describing his complex relationship with his maternal uncle, Benn Crader, a world-renowned botanist.