"MAN ON A PERMANENT VACATION," JOHNNY FAIN PROFILE IN VENTURE MAGAZINE (1966)
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This profile on Johnny Fain, by New Yorker staff writer and novelist William Murray, ran in the 1966 Feb-March issue of Venture, a short-lived high-end travel magazine. This version has been slightly edited. Fain is described as being 21, but was either 22 or 23 when the article was published. * * * John Burford Fain IV wakes up in the morning to the sound of surf breaking under his windows. He ...
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