The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel - Plot & Excerpts
asked Marco, pointing down at his clothes. The elderly man in the dry cleaners threw up his hands and shook his head. What was the boy thinking? he seemed to say. “How long to get this clean?” Marco repeated, and began to take off his sweater. “Now hang on a minute, lad.” The man threw his head back as though he’d just caught a whiff of smelling salts. “We don’t clean clothes while you wait. You can’t sit here in the shop in the buff, you can understand that, surely?” “But I haven’t got any other clothes.” There was a rustle from behind the racks of clothes packed in plastic, and a row of coats was pushed aside. The man now peering out at him wasn’t quite as effeminate as the first, but nearly. Marco could spot old gay couples at a glance. On the streets they went about with their little handbags strapped to their wrists and tucked tight under their arms.
What do You think about The Marco Effect: A Department Q Novel?
