He finds himself caught up in the Big Government vortex (along with “a great-grandson of Leo Tolstoy, former lawyers, academics and fellow writers”). It seems somewhat fitting.
Wikipedia: “William Alexander McPherson was born in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, the third son of Harold Agnew McPherson, an executive of Union Carbide Corporation, and of his wife Ruth Brubaker. He has lived in Washington, DC, or New York City most of his life, and spent several years in Romania. Although he attended the University of Michigan (1951 to 1955), Michigan State University (1956 to 1958), and George Washington University (1960 to 1962), he took a degree from none of them....”
A not so flattering review of his books.
http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-26/books/bk-1567_1_novel
-PJ
Ten years of College for nothing! Never even got an Associates Degree. Must have been some good parties, though.
His own personal Animal House?