41.   Half a century later, he can still see his father, Casey, a military man and truck driver, standing by one particular car.

42.   He has said that he can see his father in himself, and he likes that.

43.   He has never again seen his father who, though still alive, was left brutalized and infirm.

44.   He has never seen his father, except in a photograph.

45.   He relayed a story from a few days ago when his son, Conor, saw his father on the cover of a Wheaties box.

46.   He said he wanted to go to the Dominican Republic to see his father, who is ill, before he dies.

47.   He saw his father on his breaks from battle, when the house would fill with dozens of mujahedeen commanders and journalists.

48.   He sees the father feeding the family dogs, pounding a racquetball, hunched before his computer keyboard.

49.   He told the authorities that his mother was killed by Hurricane Mitch, and that he had never seen his father.

50.   He saw his father once, from a distance, after his parole.