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Название книги: The Race
Автор(ы): Clive Cussler
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Race-178503.html
PROLOGUE
"the moon is on fire"
Chicago
1899
A TALL DRUNK DANCED ALONE IN THE GUTTER, singing a Stephen Foster song loved by the Anti-Saloon League. The melody was mournful, reminiscent of Scottish pipes, the tempo a slow waltz. His voice, a warm baritone, rang with heartfelt regret for promises broken.
“Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me
“To drown my soul in liquid flame. .”
He had a golden head of hair, and a fine, strong profile. His extreme youth – he could not have been more than twenty – made his condition even sadder. His clothes looked slept in, matted with straw, and short in the arms and legs, like handouts from a church basement or lifted from a clothesline. His linen collar was askew, his shirt was missing a cuff, and he had no hat despite the cold. Of gentleman’s treasures to sell for drink, made-to-order calfskin boots were all he had left.
He bumped into a lamppost an
Название книги: The Race
Автор(ы): Clive Cussler
Жанр: Детектив
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Race-178503.html
PROLOGUE
"the moon is on fire"
Chicago
1899
A TALL DRUNK DANCED ALONE IN THE GUTTER, singing a Stephen Foster song loved by the Anti-Saloon League. The melody was mournful, reminiscent of Scottish pipes, the tempo a slow waltz. His voice, a warm baritone, rang with heartfelt regret for promises broken.
“Oh! comrades, fill no glass for me
“To drown my soul in liquid flame. .”
He had a golden head of hair, and a fine, strong profile. His extreme youth – he could not have been more than twenty – made his condition even sadder. His clothes looked slept in, matted with straw, and short in the arms and legs, like handouts from a church basement or lifted from a clothesline. His linen collar was askew, his shirt was missing a cuff, and he had no hat despite the cold. Of gentleman’s treasures to sell for drink, made-to-order calfskin boots were all he had left.
He bumped into a lamppost an
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