The Faded Quadrant

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Chapter One Francisco Jarama’s hands were already black when he reached for the trowel. He scraped the viscous, black sap from the plaster of the north wall, the substance smelling of wet rot and old copper. It was a Tuesday, and the dry cold of the Galician winter pressed against the single pane of glass, preserving the dust in the air as if it were a specimen under glass. The sap oozed back,...

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