Monday, February 21, 2022

the last book I ever read (Harlem Shuffle: A Novel by Colson Whitehead, excerpt one)

from Harlem Shuffle: A Novel by Colson Whitehead:

The old man had always been droopy in the face, a jowl overall with saggy lobes and eyelids, and droopy in his wretched posture. As if when he bent over the machines all those hours they were sucking him into themselves. The downward pull had accelerated recently, his submission to the facts of his life. The merchandise had changed, the clientele transformed into new beings, and aspiration wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. But he had a few diversions to keep him busy, these twilight days.

“I have your TV,” he said. He coughed into a faded yellow handkerchief. Carney followed him into the back.



No comments:

Post a Comment