It seems like such a good idea in concept- stories of embarrassment by people who really know how to tell it- but the execution was just not what I'd hoped for. This is the second time I've read this and I feel exactly the same way. Yeah, there were parts where I laughed out loud, but not nearl...
The small black goat; the stone enclosure; the forked wooden altar washed in coconut milk, hung with orange and yellow marigolds; the heap of sodden sand. With a single bleat he folds himself into a shadow in the corner, nosing a red hibiscus flower onto its back and nibbling the petals. The temp...