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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum) (1975)

Story (1975)

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Notes of a Dirty Old Man (excerpt from Factotum)

The Farm Labor Market was at 5th and San Pedro streets and you reported at 5 a.m. It was still dark when I got there and the men were sitting and standing about, rolling cigarettes and talking quietly. All such places always had the same smell — the smell of stale sweat, cheap wine and urine intermingled. The day before I had moved Jan in with a fat real estater who lived on Kingsley Drive...

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