Surely then, folks around the country and around this city say, if Kamen is behind Ginger, she must be something special. He's come up with a lot of breakthroughs. The guy's all right. It's cold here. When people speak, their hot breath blossoms into cauliflower clouds.
Conversations float in a fog above the sidewalk.
And these days, a lot of the billowing talk is about Kamen and his Ginger. At Cotton, an upscale restaurant where Kamen hangs out, manager Peaches O'Rourke and her crew were swapping Kamen stories as a light snow fell. No nutty recluse, Kamen is, in fact, incredibly noticeable as he tools around in his two helicopters, his Porsche, his Humvee, and his CitationJet. Still, he has been scarce lately and mum about Ginger, issuing a news release to tamp down the hype. Even his longtime friend, former Manchester Mayor Ray Wieczorek, is clueless.