He did not want to tell any more lies. The short story writer - whom many critics cite as being the greatest master of that form since Ernest Hemingway - filled his pages with anger and discontent, despair and loss, desperation and the demons of addiction. He doesnt have a job and tends to watch other people going about their lives. For the U.S. Army facility formerly known as "Soldiers Home", see, Last edited on 23 September 2022, at 23:32, Armed Forces Retirement Home Washington, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soldier%27s_Home&oldid=1111966067. First, Krebs believes that the only way to court a girl is to lie to her. Usually, the pulling is emotional.