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Thomas McGuane Reads “Take Half, Leave Half”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Story of Rufus and Alva

Rufus's love life had recently taken a turn for the worse. His girlfriend, Alva, had allowed a red haired apolceror from Creech to move in with her and roll his dirt bike up on the porch. The new boyfriend owned a brinled mutt with a black face, upright ears and a stubbed tail. When he emerged from the house with an armlet of clothes and a pair of Tony llamas, Alva made a futile attempt to catch his sleeve,. He answered with a point-blank prison stare. Can't tell you what I ever saw in her part, she wore me like a dirty shirt.

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