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by june 1950 bill and joan were living at 37 cerrada de medellín, an architecturally eclectic one-block street now known as calle josé alvarado. this was an apartment (third floor, rear) in a modern building that still stands. just five blocks away was the bounty bar and grill, in a five-story building at the northeast corner of chihuahua and monterrey, number 122. john healy was one of two american bartenders there, and the clientele was largely m.c.c. (mexico city college) students—a wild, hard-drinking crowd. burroughs and bollmer were right at home in the bounty...