Word: perdriga
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...like a good, sun-ripened vin du pays. Now an English instructor at his alma mater Haverford College, Author Wright (real name: William Reitzel) worked in Cuba a year five years ago, there wandered the countryside, spoke the language, watched the people instead of the politicians. Young Spaniard Jose Perdriga found Cuba rather puzzling. He had a job in a U. S.-owned mine and did it satisfactorily, though his simple tastes would have attracted him to farming. All he wanted for the immediate future was Maria, daughter of fat Marco Sanclemente, who ran the company canteen. Marco...
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