The Last Match (34 page)

The decades of our lives, his and mine, blur together. He wrote
The Last Match
in the early 70s, ostensibly about fictional events in the 50s and 60s, but in fact reaching all the way back to his early years in the 20s and 30s, long before I was born. And now here I am in San Miguel—the same age as he was when he died here, come to think of it—reliving our adventures. And still playing the match game.

Kendal Dodge Butler

San Miguel de Allende

Learn more about David Dodge at

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