The Thieves of Manhattan (2010)
“The apartment was brighter and less atmospheric than I remembered it. But the manuscript of A Thief in Manhattan was on his living room table, in the same spot where he had placed it after I’d flung it at him. A newly sharpened red pencil lay beside it.
When I sat down on the couch, Roth offered only water; when I asked for something stronger, he pointed to the coffeemaker.
“Just coffee or water? Those are my options?”
“Tonight, we’re working, Ian,” he said.
I took a glass of ice water.
I still... had huge misgivings about Roth’s plan, but I needed distraction and a paying gig fast. Just about anything would have beaten waiting tables, tending bar, or pouring coffee; plus, the money Roth was offering was better—a thousand daisies a week. I now figured that Roth was right about the stories I had been writing—they were too quiet, and if nothing else, working with an experienced editor like Roth might give me insight into bigger stories, where the stakes were higher. Probably Roth had also been right when he said that his plan really would draw attention to my work.MoreLess
When I sat down on the couch, Roth offered only water; when I asked for something stronger, he pointed to the coffeemaker.
“Just coffee or water? Those are my options?”
“Tonight, we’re working, Ian,” he said.
I took a glass of ice water.
I still... had huge misgivings about Roth’s plan, but I needed distraction and a paying gig fast. Just about anything would have beaten waiting tables, tending bar, or pouring coffee; plus, the money Roth was offering was better—a thousand daisies a week. I now figured that Roth was right about the stories I had been writing—they were too quiet, and if nothing else, working with an experienced editor like Roth might give me insight into bigger stories, where the stakes were higher. Probably Roth had also been right when he said that his plan really would draw attention to my work.MoreLess
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