Whether or not it does , I laughed ( and winced ) many times in recognition . Jack 's friend Murray -- who aspires to do with Elvis what Gladney did for Hitler -- is a particularly well - drawn character , with a lovely habit of delivering entire paragraphs of semi - deconstructionist thought as he wanders through the supermarket . Those of you who know and love my junior year of college roommate -- who 's well on her way to becoming a professor these days -- will definitely see a resemblance . Still , I ' m not so far away from those days that I did n't enjoy the romp tremendously .

Based on the preceding passage, answer the following question What may be the romp I so tremendously enjoyed ?
I was reading a story written by someone I knew , whose characters were based on people I know .