ABSTRACT

The idea was to get your foot inside the door. That’s what the crew manager had drummed into Clarence’s head. And to Clarence, this technique of forcible entry was symbolic of his whole nightmarish year in New York. For a year he had tried to pry open the door of the big town and always it had been slammed in his face. But now it was different. You began by putting your foot inside a small crevice. Later on you tackled the big door.