Winning the Game and Other Stories

Contents

contents 1 Arts and Trades 14 The Hunchback and Botticelli’s Venus 34 The Game of Dead Men 40 The Blotter 44 Lonelyhearts 60 Mandrake 89 Guardian Angel 98 The Ship Catrineta 107 The Art of Walking in the Streets of Rio de Janeiro 145 Belle 153 Xania 158 Be My Valentine 167 Kisses on the Cheek 171 Marta 177 Passion 185 The Brotherhood of Swords 190 Winning the Game 197 Acknowledgments ...