opened a bookstore. A bookstore specializing in Communist books. I made a small fortune you know, people were talking revolution, socialism, and I wanted to get the fuck out of there. Made enough money . . . Damn it, Victor, I wanted to . . . I wanted to do so many things. I wanted to come to the U.S. and be transformed, and when I got here and realized that men like me, like us, are treated like dogs in this country, that they got us, all medicating our lost dreams with mierda like Johnny Walker Black . . . All I’m saying, Victor, learn quick. Do what you gotta do to make a life that you can
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His story, his treatment in the US--land of dreams and oportunities
