A Model World
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Michael Chabon. A Model World
MICHAEL CHABON. A Model World and Other Stories
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
CONTENTS
S ANGEL
OCEAN AVENUE
A MODEL WORLD
BLUMENTHAL ON THE AIR
SMOKE
MILLIONAIRES
THE LITTLE KNIFE
MORE THAN HUMAN
ADMIRALS
THE HALLOWEEN PARTY
THE LOST WORLD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
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To the memory of Ernest Cohen
—ELIZABETH BISHOP
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“—and Doreen, who’s a—friend?—of the groom’s.”
Ira shook hands with these two and, once Carmen had moved her appalling purse onto the floor beside her to make room for him, soon found himself in the enviable position of being the only man at a table of five. Doreen was wearing a bright yellow dress with an extremely open bodice; she had come to her friend Barry’s wedding exposing such a great deal of her remarkable chest that Ira wondered about her motives. She was otherwise a little on the plain side and she had a sour, horsey laugh, but she was in real estate and Donna and Audrey, who were thinking of buying a house together, seemed to have a lot to say to her. There was nothing for him and Carmen to do but speak to each other.
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