But beyond the metal detectors and the security guards, life can be much more grisly.
The latest addition to the Hardy boom is Ralph Pite's "Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life".
Mr. Hwang has led a tightly guarded life in Seoul, surrounded by government security agents.
The words, which invoke both prowess and paranoia, seemed to sum up the twin themes of Mamet's work, and of his guarded life.
Mr. Auchincloss, who shared a mother with Mrs. Onassis, had been estranged from her family, having been a willing chronicler of her otherwise closely guarded life.
(It will be told again next month, when Yale publishes "Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life," by Ralph Pite — a more literary alternative to Tomalin, who uses Hardy's work mainly to illustrate his life).
(It will be told again next month, when Yale publishes "Thomas Hardy: The Guarded Life," by Ralph Pite a more literary alternative to Tomalin, who uses Hardy's work mainly to illustrate his life).
She said, "he was like a little kid who talked about the bases - what first base was, what second base was" - and his curiosity was understandable given his guarded life.
In this preventive effort, guarding life while saving sight trumps scepticism and all other concerns.
Little did she know it would be the beginning of three years of incarceration, during which she would endure soul-crushing prison guards, life-threatening conditions, violent inmates, and a terrifying smorgasbord of base humanity.
