By Timothy Hallinan
Shuttle author Poke Rafferty, brought in A NAIL throughout the middle, is nearly able to quit his searching for difficulty booklet sequence which might permit him to stick installed Bangkok, together with his female friend Rose and his newly followed daughter, Miaow. And with a bit of luck, Rose will eventually comply with marriage. yet success isn't in Poke-s instant destiny, a undeniable fact that turns into all too obvious while his lengthy misplaced father, Frank, who walked out on Poke and his mom whilst Poke used to be a toddler, resurfaces, bringing hassle with him. and hassle, hence, takes the shape of the cruel and determined Colonel Chu whose -retirement- plans have long past up in smoke, because of Poke-s father. Chu-s useful rubies that experience taken years to accumulate, let alone the papers that identify a brand new identification for him, were stolen and Chu will do whatever to get them again. while Frank fingers them over to Poke for safekeeping, he places Rose and Miaow in scary probability and getting them out of it's going to take each ability Poke has at his disposal.
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Parecia inquieto; em algum momento pareceu exasperado. Abriu a sacola de couro, apalpou-a por dentro, até a mão direita trêmula encontrar um cartão-postal. No rosto sério os lábios sumiram de sua boca, quem sabe um cacoete ou o gesto ansioso. Por favor, me acompanhe até essa casa, ele pediu, apontando a fotografia do cartão-postal. O tom da voz era quase de súplica; chegou a ser patético ao repetir o pedido em francês, e só não o fez em alemão porque dispensei mais salamaleques. Eu conhecia de vista a casa ilhada: u m bangalô atraente 70 e misterioso, que só parecia dar sinal de vida depois do anoitecer, quando as luzes iluminavam a fachada e o jardim.
Ela apareceu ao anoitecer. Notou o jeito esquivo dos convidados e perguntou logo de cara: Vocês ainda estão falando de política? Tirou os sapatos, mal cumprimentou Francine e Laure, disse: Ça vai a Gerardo, Gabriela e Jérôme, foi menos fria com Fabiana e Marcelo, beijando-lhes o rosto e perguntando a todos: Pelo menos me esperaram pra cantar parabéns? Lázaro apontou para Jean-Paul, sozinho e de pernas abertas no canto da sala, o rosto com ar entorpecido e blasé. Mas Bárbara o ignorou. Só ela estava de pé, observando a bagunça de copos, garrafas, pratos e talheres, então Fabiana disse que só estavam esperando por Bárbara para cantar parabéns e pediu a Marcelo que acendesse as velas do bolo.
Soube que deixara a Bretanha havia muitos anos; seu desejo era partir em busca do desconhecido. Para ele, viajar era uma forma de viver em tempos distintos. Um dia lhe perguntei se conhecia o dialeto bretão ou uma das tantas línguas indígenas do Amazonas. Vi seu rosto branco ruborizar: um rosto sem rugas, imberbe, os olhos azulados pareciam expressar dúvida ou indagação; de repente se levantou, foi até a varanda e, de costas para o rio, disse: Emilie me confundiu com Armand Verne. Ele, sim, é u m linguista aplicado e tutor dos nativos.