Edsel
“The sun peered around a corner of the overcast like a beaten serf, drying the mud on the asphalt in crusted patches like dead skin. When the Hudson’s motor cut in the detective gave the key another twist to make sure, tearing a grating howl from the starter that made my teeth ache. We started forward with a chirp, scraped the oil pan on the curb on the corner, and came within an inch of a five-year stretch for manslaughter involving a fat woman with a shopping cart in the middle of McNichols. T...he instructor who gave him his license must have been blind, deaf, and autistic.
“What made Reuther settle on you?” I asked when we were in thick traffic and relatively immobile. “There must be a dozen detective agencies listed in the Yellow Pages before Progressive.”
“Fourteen. Only that ain’t where he found me. I was with the Pinkertons when the UAW sat down at GM in Flint. Christmas thirty-six it was.”
“The Pinkertons were hired as strikebreakers.”
“Heads is what we broke mostly.MoreLess
“What made Reuther settle on you?” I asked when we were in thick traffic and relatively immobile. “There must be a dozen detective agencies listed in the Yellow Pages before Progressive.”
“Fourteen. Only that ain’t where he found me. I was with the Pinkertons when the UAW sat down at GM in Flint. Christmas thirty-six it was.”
“The Pinkertons were hired as strikebreakers.”
“Heads is what we broke mostly.MoreLess
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