Between the delicate looking index and middle fingers of his right hand, a Chesterfield cigarette burning down to the filter, that hand still holding a half-glass of rye whiskey, which he used to drink like crazy because in recent years he had been suffering from bad dreams, saw apparitions, felt cursed and, despite all the women he took to bed, found his life of bachelorhood solitary and wearisome.
Oscar Hjuelos
Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
1989
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David Alan Harvey
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