Tree of Smoke: A NovelFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 M09 4 - 624 páginas Once upon a time there was a war . . . and a young American who thought of himself as the Quiet American and the Ugly American, and who wished to be neither, who wanted instead to be the Wise American, or the Good American, but who eventually came to witness himself as the Real American and finally as simply the Fucking American. That's me. |
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... give her a jolly old time?” The man said, “It could be bad luck.” “Karma,” the officer said. “It could be,” the little fellow said. To Houston the officer said, “You looking for a beer?” Houston had meant to be off. Now he realized that ...
... give. Sam, one of the marines, stood behind the bar. “Shut up, shut up,” he said. He lifted his hand, in which he happened to be holding a spatula. “What'd I say?” Houston asked. “Excuse.” Sam tilted his head toward the radio ...
... give money to Communists.” “Maybe I can get word to Trung that you have no money. That you've spent it for something.” “For what?” “Something that puts you beyond reproach.” “Tell him, please.” “I'll just say you've done all you can ...
... Give us a tall tale,” he said to Eddie. “Well, all right,” Eddie agreed, once again assuming, Skip believed, some of the character of his Henry Higgins, “let's see; once upon a time, which is how these things begin, there lived a ...
... give me a minute and let me rephrase that...” He stared dully from under, at Skip in particular, while Skip developed the uncomfortable notion that the colonel had forgotten himself and would now deliriously change the subject. “The ...
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