Shana alexander's book says that herman tarnour is also getting obscene phone calls for nine years. Oedes doesn't think it's that big of a dealpeple, come i in the seventies. The world is full of masacistic people dedicated to their own worst interests. But a developed person doesn't look for his proofs of strength by moving in upon other people's weaknesses. This this is an excerpt from diana trilling's book. She says herman, tarnouer, had an insatiable appetite for small power. There is something disturbed and disturbing in the sexuality of someone who plays women off each other.