In 1926: living at the edge of time - Monoskop

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sively a condition for crime. Lightness and speed can also bring out a
spirit of reconciliation in even the most hardened criminals. On one
occasion, drunkenness prevents Al Capone from getting involved in a
potentially lethal fight: "I had a close immediate contact with Al Capone
in about 1926. He urinated on my shoes. It happened in the men's room
of the Croydon Hotel. He was drunk, and I was drunk. He didn't know
who I was, but I knew him. I had the reputation of being the most vicious
left-hook puncher in Chicago, that's the God's truth. We were on the
verge of slugging it out when Al thought better of it. He didn't exactly
apologize, but he admitted to a social error. I decided to overlook the
indiscretion. We had a drink and whenever he saw me around town after
that, it was 'Hello, kid, how you doing?'" (Kobler, 335).
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References
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Herbert Asbury, The Great Illusion: An Informal History of Prohibition. New
York,1968.
Johannes R. Becher, Maschinenrhythmen. Berlin, 1926.
Walter Benjamin, Einbahnstra~e (1926). In Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 4, part
1. Frankfurt, 1972.
Jorge Luis Borges, El tamano de mi esperanza (1926). Buenos Aires, 1993.
Bertolt Brecht, "Die Opiumraucherin" (1926) and "Sonett fur Trinker" (1926).
In Gesammelte Werke, vol. 8. Frankfurt, 1967.
Bertolt Brecht, "Eine kleine Versicherungsgeschichte" (1926). In Gesammelte
Werke, vol. 11. Frankfurt, 1967.
Gerhart Hauptmann, Dorothea Angermann: Schauspiel. Munich, 1926.
Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises. New York, 1926.
Marcel Jouhandeau, Monsieur Godeau Intime. Paris, 1926.
Harry Graf Kessler, Tagebiicher, 1918-1937. Frankfurt, 1961.
John Kobler, Ardent Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. New York, 1973.
Charles Merz, The Dry Decade. Garden City, N.Y., 1932.
Paul Morand, Rien que la terre: Voyage. Paris, 1926.
Revista de Occidente.