On two separate occasions he's told people in Los Angeles that he's from Canada and they've asked about igloos. An allegedly well-educated New Yorker once listened carefully to his explanation of where he's from-southwestern British Columbia, an island between Vancouver Island and the mainland-and then asked, apparently in all seriousness, if this means he grew up near Maine.
( Emily St. John Mandel )
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