Bodega DreamsWilliam Irizzari has reinvented himself as Willie Bodega, a drug lord who plans to use his money to buy and renovate his areas comdemned buildings. Told by Chino, a young graffiti artist, this is the story of whether hope and loyalty can survive in a world of crime. |
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... salsa blaring from a boom box on the cement . They danced with one eye on their partner and one eye on their children playing hopscotch , scullies with bottle caps , or skipping rope . Teenage girls in tight jeans flirted with guys who ...
... salsa blaring from a boom box on the cement . They danced with one eye on their partner and one eye on their children playing hopscotch , scullies with bottle caps , or skipping rope . Teenage girls in tight jeans flirted with guys who ...
Page 104
... salsa memorabilia . There were the drumsticks Tito Puente used when he played Carnegie Hall in '72 . There were album covers , Joe Cuba's congas , guitar picks , ticket stubs , all from salsa's golden days in the sixties and seventies ...
... salsa memorabilia . There were the drumsticks Tito Puente used when he played Carnegie Hall in '72 . There were album covers , Joe Cuba's congas , guitar picks , ticket stubs , all from salsa's golden days in the sixties and seventies ...
Page 105
... salsa museum was free , but upon exiting , Nazario put a twenty in the donation box . I had only three dollars and wished I could give more . " I'll walk you home now , " Nazario said , looking straight ahead . " Sounds good , ” I said ...
... salsa museum was free , but upon exiting , Nazario put a twenty in the donation box . I had only three dollars and wished I could give more . " I'll walk you home now , " Nazario said , looking straight ahead . " Sounds good , ” I said ...
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