One character in this story responds to a man asking if he wants water with his Scotch by quoting the Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald: "When I drink water, I drink water.
One character in this story responds to a man asking if he wants water with his Scotch by quoting the Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald: "When I drink water, I drink water. When I drink whiskey, I drink whiskey." The protagonist's wife wrote a poem about living as an officer's wife on an Air Force base in Alabama before attempting suicide by swallowing pills. The narrator of this story is bothered by his wife mailing recordings of herself to a man who worked as a ham radio operator and Amway distributor who recently lost his wife Beulah. The three main characters share some marijuana before watching a documentary on the Middle Ages, but the narrator is unable to explain what a certain building looks like to his visitor Robert. This story ends with an epiphany as the narrator draws the title religious building with his eyes closed while the blind Robert holds his hand. Marking a stylistic departure from the author's earlier collection What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, FTP, name this story by Raymond Carver, which titles a 1983 collection. 
One character in this story responds to a man asking if he wants water with his Scotch by quoting the Irish actor Barry Fitzgerald: "When I drink water, I drink water.
"Cathedral"