"Fanon was consummately incapable of telling the story of himself.
Fanon had a profound talent for life; he was a man who wanted to be the subject and actor of his.
The little we knew about his personal life had been gleaned from passing allusions, brief glimpses that vanished as quickly as they appeared....
Fanon\'s discourse pertained to a present tense that was unburdened by its narrative past.
He lived in the immediacy of the moment, with an intensity that embodied everything he evoked. "Fanon was consummately incapable of telling the story of himself