Natty Novak

Prince of Darkness keeps his cool

It’s mind over matter,” Bob Novak said when the journalist was asked how he can bear to wear those three-piece suits in the middle of summer.

At a lunchtime chat Thursday at Dezenhall Resources, Novak, who recently authored “The Prince of Darkness,” blamed it on the demands of his TV appearances.

“It looked better on television to see a vest than a big old belly,” he said. “The camera people told me those seersuckers weren’t good for TV” because of all the lines.

He also said there’s a certain type of respect that results from wearing a dark, three-piece suit on a 100-degree day, especially when you’re not breaking a sweat. People look at you and say, “That guy knows something,” Novak said.

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