And Sometimes I Wonder About You (Leonid McGill, #5)

by Walter Mosley

If I had only heard that one diatribe I would have known that Paulie was a jailbird. The odd mixture of philosophy, religion, and despair marked him as sure as a black man’s skin.

“But I told you,” he said, oh so honestly, “I don’t want the ring.” “So? George Bush told me he was the education president.”