Dr. Brinkley's Tower (2013)
“Brinkley’s Tower: A Novel { 22 } MIGUEL OROZCO, THE MAYOR OF CORAZÓN DE LA Fuente, stood at his window in the town hall, gazing out over the plaza, feeling the pangs of loneliness that are often experienced by those who are liked by everyone and truly loved by no one.
He sighed. The previous night, thieves had broken into his office. As a consequence of this invasion, the mescal bottle he kept in his lower right-hand drawer was gone, the town’s only existing map of Corazón lay in a mound of shr...eds, and the framed sepia photo of his Oaxacan parents that he kept on his desktop had been snapped in half, presumably over somebody’s knee. Again he shook his head and thought fondly of the days before the tower. Back then, when his morning obligations had proven excessively strenuous and Carlos Hernandez had not yet opened his cantina, Miguel would often take his business to the plaza and sit in the shade of a palo verde. Thus ensconced, he would stretch out his legs and look up at the roofless church, recalling his own little village down south.MoreLess
He sighed. The previous night, thieves had broken into his office. As a consequence of this invasion, the mescal bottle he kept in his lower right-hand drawer was gone, the town’s only existing map of Corazón lay in a mound of shr...eds, and the framed sepia photo of his Oaxacan parents that he kept on his desktop had been snapped in half, presumably over somebody’s knee. Again he shook his head and thought fondly of the days before the tower. Back then, when his morning obligations had proven excessively strenuous and Carlos Hernandez had not yet opened his cantina, Miguel would often take his business to the plaza and sit in the shade of a palo verde. Thus ensconced, he would stretch out his legs and look up at the roofless church, recalling his own little village down south.MoreLess
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