“I was born because a man came to kill my father. If he hadn’t showed up with a gun in his pocket and bad thoughts in his head, I wouldn’t exist, much less have a story to tell. This tragic footnote to my conception left me feeling as if I had three parents: a father, a mother, and a murderer.”
— Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn (Viking, $25.95; now available)
This article appears in Sep 16-23, 2008.
