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Just reread this a decade after I first came across it, and wow, does it still pack a punch. The story takes place across two days in 2002, covering the scrambling schemes of 19-year-old Puerto Rican-American hustler Alfredo preparing for his brother to come home from prison. This involves both the buildup to a DIY dogfight he's staged in a bodega basement as a welcome home celebration and the fact that Alfredo's pregnant girlfriend used to go out with his brother. The story's got the ticking cl
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Aug 28, 2020
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