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Geniuses slipping into madness also tend to disrobe in public (I learned this from a volume on chess prodigies, who have a proclivity for disrobing on public buses).
He was drummed out by André Breton after two years--nearly all members were expelled sooner or later--but Breton eventually repented, calling him a "man of prodigies" and perhaps the truest surrealist of all.
In sheer appearance, this cold and aloof Southerner stood out from his fellow math prodigies.
That's why I've been puzzled by my reluctance to tackle Hilary and Jackie , which pretends to tell the story of du Pré and her elder sister from their childhood as prodigies (Hilary played the flute) to Jacqueline's excruciating decline and early death (in 1987) from multiple sclerosis.
USA Today and the New York Times certified her as the newest celebrity in sports but worried that she'll end up warped or burned out like other recent teen prodigies in gymnastics, skating, and tennis.