Joe Smith: and Another John

ISBN-13: 9781499199024 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 300 str.

Trevor R. Fairbanks

Opis

TAKE THE ULTIMATE ROAD TRIP WITH A REAL MOTHER FUCKER actual 99th page: "It is lovely to see you again, Reiko," I told her and broke the awful silence that had fallen between us. "You look beautiful." This was true. Even after giving birth and then taking on an endless unforgiving job at the hospital she was still pretty. There was a certain youthful glow to her eyes that was very enticing. There was a girlish twist to her hair that was worn long and black, the same way she might have worn it as a child. There was still a glimmer of rose tint in her chubby cheeks and soft lips even as she drifted into middle age. Only the rage in her eyes told a far different story. She had been pulling into the driveway as I was walking up. She stayed in the car while I said hi to my Uncle Sam. And there she stewed, collecting her anger like old action figures. Finally, when she could take no more, she made her entrance with the kid in tow. I had yet to meet my god-son. He was almost eight now and I cursed myself because I had ignored him for so long. But I had other problems. And Sam had another addiction to add to his resume. Father. If I had not seen it with my own eyes I would not have believed it. Uncle Sam was an even bigger loser than my father. The fact that he had a child at all was staggering. But here it was. Blood of my blood. "Shake your cousins hand, Samuel." When Sam said that my heart nearly stopped. He said the words the same way my father would have said the words. And when the boy came to shake my

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