Panorama City Author:Antoine Wilson Oppen Porter thinks he?s dying. (He?s not.) — From his hospital bed, with tape recorder in hand, he unspools his tale for the benefit of his unborn son, the tale of his forty-day journey from innocence to experience, from self-described ?slow absorber? to man of the world. — This is his ?astonishing,?* ?laugh-aloud funny,?** ?crisp,?*** ?delightfu... more »l,?**** ?indelible?***** story.