The Leisure Seeker: A Novel by Michael Zadoorian

Author:Michael Zadoorian
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: fiction
ISBN: 9780061671791
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

“Oh yeah.”

“That old soak, getting home from work every night, stepping out of his Caddy with his bottle of Cutty Sark.”

“Crown Prince Sonny Boy, the car salesman.”

John remembers him all right. Now he’s long dead and these fancy cars are just junk, like what’s here at the Cadillac Ranch.

There was a time in his life when I know John would have liked to own a Cadillac. Not that we could have ever afforded one, not that I would have let him buy one even if we could. Those big cars are just too flashy.

Looking through the binoculars, my vision starts to falter, sweat collects beneath my eyebrows around the lenses. I feel languid and irritated, maybe from my meds, maybe not. This so-called art feels to me like a slap in my generation’s face, everything we worked for, everything we thought we needed after the war, our illusions of prosperity. After growing up poor, being middle class seemed like the most wonderful thing anyone could ever hope for.

The Cadillac Ranch gives me a pain in the ass. Oh, excuse me. A discomfort in the ass.

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