Best Worst American by Juan Martinez

Author:Juan Martinez [Martinez, Juan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, short stories
ISBN: 9781618731258
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Published: 2017-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

“You too,” she said. “I mean, no. My parents are. Were. I’m from here.”

“I’m not,” I said.

Nor was my boss, a transplanted Chiquinreño entrepreneur who insisted I wear the orange jumpsuit and who is also responsible for the Humvee with the paintjob. I match my company car. On the hood of the car on the back of my jumpsuit is a line drawing of an anime figure digging, with a karate chop, into the insides of a computer. This needlessly dramatic logo was drawn by the younger brother of my boss. The whole enterprise might have something to do with money laundering. We certainly don’t have enough customers to keep the business afloat. And the boss flies back to Chiquinquira more often than seems strictly necessary to keep up with the family.

I don’t know nor (given my financial state) care if this is 100% on the up and up.

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