Remembering Maury Maverick Jr.

From: The Texas Observer | Date: February 14, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Maury was the only person I've ever known who made being cantankerous a virtue.

Maury looked at the world from an oblique angle. You could see it in the way he stood, one hand in his pocket, his head cocked to the side as if to say you can't see things right if you're looking at the world straight on. In fact, Maury had one of the most expressive heads I've ever seen. Sometimes it looked like it weighed him down--with the weight of the world inside, as when he'd be sitting at a table and put his head down and wag it back and forth like a cudgel while muttering about the forces of darkness and ...

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