Caper

ISBN: 9780425104774

定价: 21.00

内容简介

\"Morning??? doll???\" he said brightly. ~We got a meet with
the man at tennish. Remember?\"
That s the way Sol talks.
\"I remember???\" I said. As a matter of fact??? I had forgotten.
I have that frailty: I lose the remembrance of unpleasant
coming events.
Sol told me to meet him in the lobby of Binder Publications
a few minutes before ten. Then we hung up. My brother-in-
law raised his bald head to stare at me.
\"Who was that?\" he demanded.
\"Your wife???\" I said. \"She asked me to remind you to
pick up the drycleaning.\"
His face went white before he realized I was ribbing him.
J. Mark is not the fastest wit in the world. He does??? though???
possess certain skills??? even if I don t allow him between
my sheets solely because of them. It s a form of hostility
directed against my sister. Laura is the pretty??? blond??? petite
one. I am constructed more along the lines of a Marine drill
instructor??? and I have a profile that belongs on postage
stamps.
In all modesty??? I am not a gorgon??? but I am large. Five-ten???
to be exact. J. Mark Hamilton was my sister s height: five-
four. Like most tall women I inspire dreams of conquest in
short males. Simply??? I suppose??? because we re there.
1 am extraordinarily slender??? but hardly fragile My breasts
are not as large as Laura s??? lifted or descended??? but I have
strength in my shoulders??? arms??? back??? and legs. I work at
it: jogging??? yoga??? swimming??? sex. My health is indecently
good.
I wear my hair quite short. It is a rather indeterminate
shade of dark brown. My eyes are brown too.
I am twenty-eight years old??? and was born in Lima??? Peru???
where my father was serving as consul. Laura??? who is three
years younger??? was born in Paris. Of course. She would be.
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My father died when I was twenty-two??? in a manner so
ridiculous that I blush to mention it. A golf cart he was
riding tipped over and fell on him??? breaking his back. Near
the sixth green. My mother waited a decent interval (five
weeks) before remarrying. Juan??? my stepfather??? is two years
older than I??? very Spanish??? and can t decide whether to be
Picasso??? Manolete??? or Cervantes. He and my mother live
on the Costa del Sol in a seafront condominium. My mother s
name is Matilda. She is called Matty??? and we exchange
Christmas cards.
I visited them only once??? and fled after Juan made his
interest clear. He is quite short.
I have never been married. I don t live a celibate life???
but neither do I sleep around. I like men better than women.
I think that concludes the vital statistics. Oh??? one more
thing: I have very long feet. I offer this only as proof of
my intention of making this narrative as honest as possible.
I still feel I did nothing wrong. The New York Police
Department and the Manhattan District Attorney s office???
of course??? feel differently.