HOW MUCH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ?
Always assumed, starting with Sergeant in The Barracks,
Sergeant again in The Dark,
“Reegan was a nice man”
The Pornographer, death of beloved aunt, Other elements?
The Leavetaking, Broken engagement, death of mother,
dismissal of teacher,
“The way I got sacked and the way I describe it in the
Leavetaking have nothing to do with one and other”.