They were on the building in the background of the photo. Over the left shoulder of the boy eating the ice cream. She compared it to the photo of Jolene and the boy - was he her son? - standing in front of a cathedral that looked as if it were made of melting wax. That one could have been taken a...
Dodging groups of schoolchildren and mothers with clusters of babies, he made his way, past the roasted chicken stands, the one-counter specialty stores that sold light bulbs or blue jeans, leather cleaners or computer components - in defiance of the large supermarkets on the outskirts of town wh...