He was also a powerful connection to Walt himself.
What the book lacks is a deep connection to Deresiewicz himself; he's better at analyzing text than telling his own story.
"If you want your get out of Hell free card, it's your connection to God himself," exclaims the cool pastor with a friendly smile.
The world around him and the world he reads about remain distinct; the partition between them is not undermined by any connection to depths within himself.
Bowie's influence flashes on and off, though, as a recurring signal of reinvention and renewal; Reynolds does not feel a romantic connection to the artist himself.
Though he has occasionally spoken to others of their friendship, he has largely kept his connection to Mr. Conroy to himself and has not attended the trial, as several other of Mr. Conroy's young friends have.
We have no way of knowing, but he's very clever and has the talent and connections to reinvent himself".
He also used his corporate connections to place himself in the position to become one of the few African-Americans ever to own a commercial airline.
Mr. Kaplan, in the meantime, relied on his extensive art world connections to set himself up as a broker, arranging deals among collectors, artists and galleries.
Realizing too late that he was trailing, Nelson ran attack ads portraying Hagel as a Washington insider who'd used his connections to enrich himself in the cellphone business.
