The actor I most worshipped was Sean Connery, though I only knew him as 007. The day he came to a pool party at our house, I was starstruck. I couldn’t believe James Bond was doing laps in our pool, and was just as surprised to see on his head a huge bald spot that must have been covered with a toupee for the movies. In an effort to impress 007, I jumped in the deep end before I had mastered a decent dog paddle and sank like a stone. I saw the reflections of people smoking and drinking from below, like an underwater Hockney painting, oblivious to my efforts to reach the surface. I was certain
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