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

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Is There a Bookstore Near Me?

I stopped by the bookstore every day, and usually stayed for a long ime talking with one of the three owners. I considered miguel practically my best friend, but i also liked talking to cino or denise. They had all studied literature at the same university as me, and they weren't even 30 yet. If some one asked for a book by an author they considered mediocre or commercial, which to them, was exactly the same thing, tino would go down to the storeroom to get it grudgingly. But not miguel. In those situations, mighuel would reply, opening his green eyes exaggeratedly wide and almost unable to hide the satisfaction he felt at

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