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The Gringa

The Gringa

The Gringa

Hank Manley

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AuthorHouse
Año de edición:
2015
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781504925969

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Jane Hall has a lucrative job at Amp Automotive, a late model Mercedes E-350 and a new condominium in Florida. Then the factory closes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.Following two months of fruitless searching for a job, Jane wanders into the sleazy Bloody Duck Saloon hoping to drown the last sixty days of frustration. She meets the gorgeous Melissa who introduces her to cocaine and explains the economic pricing structure of the narcotic. An idea is born, and Jane decides to solve her financial crisis by become a drug dealer.Problems arise at every turn. The local street peddler foists Jane on a cop interested only in sex. The Mexican cocaine wholesaler takes Jane’s savings. Melissa is beaten senseless. The Miami importer invites Jane to dinner and attempts to rape her. She falls in love with a man with the one job in direct conflict to Jane’s ambition: a DEA agent.Undeterred, Jane invents the frightening Gringa character who dresses in a sexy Dominatrix outfit and seeks to fulfill her dream of financial independence.

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