There may be obstacles, but money is not one,” the Iranian said.”Good. Money is usually an obstacle if you don’t have it.

Raymond collected expressions. He repeated them in experimental accents, as if learning a tune. He sounded like an Eighteenth Street Mexican when he said cuate, like a Logan Square cubano when he said comemierda.

Pescatore marveled at the seascape. It gave him vertigo. The wind deployed cloud formations. The sun seared the Moroccan coastline. He had read a line once about “the lion-colored hills of Africa.” Were they lion-colored?...

The reality is that many of us in these parts are not enamored of Paris.” The Commandant gulped down his coffee. “I worked there as a young officer in the CRS, the riot squad. I...

Isabel, remember we used to talk about a honeymoon in Spain?””Of course.””It woulda been a blast. I took a walk last night. Two in the morning, it felt like two in the afternoon. Traffic. People...