By Rafael Yglesias
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The significantly acclaimed novel from a grasp of up to date American fiction—now to be had as an ebook An irreverent satire of latest York’s media world—and its effect and allure Writers Tony, Patty, Fred, and David all be aware of what they wish: renown, glamour, wealth, reputation. They comprehend the place to get it: ny, a beacon for formidable novelists, playwrights, and newshounds. yet what they don’t comprehend is that the sport is altering. this can be the Nineteen Eighties, an period of big corporatization and commercialization within the company of arts and letters. status and fortune may well come speedy for plenty of, yet dignity and lasting impression are in brief supply. Rafael Yglesias’s so much sharp-tongued satire, Hot Properties exposes the greed, envy, and backbiting in a media global bloated with cash and power. This publication contains a new illustrated biography of Rafael Yglesias, together with infrequent pictures and never-before-seen files from the author’s own collection.
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Cannae stick a cunt thit rips oaf his mates, Lenny snarled. – Whin ye think aboot it though, it's Granty's poppy. He kin spend it oan whit he likes, Jackie said. They looked at him with bemused belligerence. Eventually Lenny spoke. – Away ye fuckin go. – In a wey though, the cunt won it fair n square. Ah ken what we agreed. Build up a big kitty wi the club money tae add a bit ay spice tae the caird games. Then divvi up. Ah ken aw that. Aw ah'm sayin is thit in the eyes ay the law. . Jackie explained his position.
Ah telt ye, ah've goat tae fuckin nash. Me n Lexo pulled a bit ay business oaf. Ah'm sayin nae mair oan the fuckin subject, but it's best ah disappear fir a couple ay weeks. Any polis cunts come tae the door, yuv no seen us fir yonks. Ye think ah'm oan the fuckin rigs, right. Yuv no seen us, mind. – But whair ur ye gaun Frank? Whair ur ye fuckin well gaun? – That's fir me tae ken n you tae find oot. What ye dinnae fuckin well ken they cannae fuckin well beat oot ay ye, ah sais. Then the fuckin boot gits up n starts fuckin screamin it us, saying thit ah cannae jist fuckin go like that.
Cunts that are intae baseball–batting every fucker that's different; pakis, poofs, n what huv ye. Fuckin failures in a country ay failures. It's nae good blamin it oan the English fir colonising us. ah don't hate the English. We are colonised by wankers. We can't even pick a decent, vibrant, healthy culture to be colonised by. No. We're ruled by effete arseholes. What does that make us? The lowest of the fuckin low, the scum of the earth. The most wretched, servile, miserable, pathetic trash that was ever shat intae creation.