A Glimpse of Stocking: A Novel

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That in the midst of the 1970s, my father still enjoyed losing himself for the afternoon at Rick’s Café Americain, was an unspoken confirmation that an enviable world lay somewhere else. Neither played an instrument, neither sang out loud, and neither listened to the radio with frequency.

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