The Manhattan Hunt Club (2002)
“Not that he saw anything extraordinary—in fact, the objects that filled the chamber were utterly ordinary.
A stove—the back burner of which held the pot from which came the mouthwatering aroma of beef stew.
A refrigerator—its avocado green finish chipped, and parts of the worn-out gasket around its door missing. As if to prove it wasn’t a mirage, it rattled to life at that moment, its compressor clattering grumpily before settling into a steady hum.
A table—a real table, with a Formica top and ...tubular metal legs, almost identical to the one in his own apartment. And around the table, half a dozen mismatched chairs. A couple of them were made of badly scarred oak, their finish all but worn off. The others, originally upholstered in various kinds of vinyl, were now mostly covered with duct tape.
Against the wall opposite the stove was the kind of sofa Jeff had seen many times on the streets of his neighborhood, dragged onto the street for the garbage men to haul away. This one looked to be of about the same vintage as the refrigerator.MoreLess
A stove—the back burner of which held the pot from which came the mouthwatering aroma of beef stew.
A refrigerator—its avocado green finish chipped, and parts of the worn-out gasket around its door missing. As if to prove it wasn’t a mirage, it rattled to life at that moment, its compressor clattering grumpily before settling into a steady hum.
A table—a real table, with a Formica top and ...tubular metal legs, almost identical to the one in his own apartment. And around the table, half a dozen mismatched chairs. A couple of them were made of badly scarred oak, their finish all but worn off. The others, originally upholstered in various kinds of vinyl, were now mostly covered with duct tape.
Against the wall opposite the stove was the kind of sofa Jeff had seen many times on the streets of his neighborhood, dragged onto the street for the garbage men to haul away. This one looked to be of about the same vintage as the refrigerator.MoreLess
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