vanessa begins to doubt the practicality of the whole endeavor there is no cannibal 's prayer bradley will be disappointed dc 's fans will be disappointed the publishers will be disappointed but they will all go on regardless they will forget dc who will not go on who has already stopped everybody is forgotten eventually some day in the distant glittering future they 'll forget shakespeare and james joyce and homer they 'll forget a writer like dc glaser far sooner how long thirty years maybe give or take a couple decades is this all there really is ?