![]() ![]() Miami Beach was an ideal locale for a senior man without a car, the kind of place a guy is supposed to retire to, not from. Like any good plotline, however, this one has twists. The story of that homecoming should be deeply satisfying to anyone who appreciates a strong narrative arc, which goes something like this: Wakefield’s sardonic and sexually explicit breakout book about Indianapolis, Going All the Way, also made him a pariah here, until time healed old wounds on both sides, and he could finally return, triumphant, to cement the literary legacy long overdue him. The author, now 84, gave up driving several years ago when he still lived in Miami Beach, before he retired his faculty position at Florida International University and, in 2011, moved to Indianapolis, back to the city where he grew up and found a setting for the novel that would give him his greatest literary fame. If you know Dan Wakefield long enough, chances are, sooner or later, you will give him a ride. ![]()
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