The long and the short of it
(We’re responsible, by way of comparison, for this column.)
However, we do share Goldman’s obsession with people’s height: in one of his memoirs, the writer describes how he sloped away from pals at a Hollywood poolside when he saw Sylvester Stallone paddling around the shallow end; he wasn’t about to lose out on an opportunity to confirm the Rocky actor’s real height (south of five foot eight, if you’re interested).
