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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Page 38
... waiting for my answer as if I hadn't given it to him already . “ Come on , think it over . " There was something honest in his dishonesty . Unlike Blanca , I believed it was dishonest people that brought change . It was paradoxi- cal ...
... waiting for my answer as if I hadn't given it to him already . “ Come on , think it over . " There was something honest in his dishonesty . Unlike Blanca , I believed it was dishonest people that brought change . It was paradoxi- cal ...
Page 72
... waiting . " " Tell him to go home . " " What ! No , Willie , this is serious . " " Tell Sapo to go home , " Bodega repeated . " Willie , come to the other room . " Nazario beckoned with his hand for Bodega to join him so they could talk ...
... waiting . " " Tell him to go home . " " What ! No , Willie , this is serious . " " Tell Sapo to go home , " Bodega repeated . " Willie , come to the other room . " Nazario beckoned with his hand for Bodega to join him so they could talk ...
Page 112
... waiting for their moment to speak . One was a tall woman in a blue dress who could easily have been Blanca twenty years older . I looked at Bodega . His gaze was fixed on her with an intensity that indicated nothing else mattered or ...
... waiting for their moment to speak . One was a tall woman in a blue dress who could easily have been Blanca twenty years older . I looked at Bodega . His gaze was fixed on her with an intensity that indicated nothing else mattered or ...
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