Tall Texas Tale
Categories: Get Lit
Effortless (except for when it’s a tad purple), Vainberg’s prose is slathered with a healthy heaping of political commentary, including quite a few shots at Houston’s own KBR. Here’s a snippet from a scene inside the bathroom of a party (funded by the American taxpayer, of course) atop the Absurdi Hyatt:
“I’m talkin’ L-O-G-C-A-P. What’s that spell?”The men started to laugh, the fellow next to me tinkling on my sandal. “Cost plus!” someone shouted.
“Cost plus!” the others picked up.
“Blank check!”
“Indefinite delivery!”
“Indefinite quantity!”
“Indefinite quality!”
“Walk around and look busy!”
“Here come that four-hour lunch!”
“Here come that four-dollar blow job!”
Click here for a little background info on just what exactly these guys are bragging about. – Keith Plocek
Absurdistan, Random House, $13.95.
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