Americano Sal

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  • Published 20211102
  • ISBN: 978-1-922212-65-8
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

I FIRST MET Sal in the winter of 2019. I was in Sicily. He was sitting at a café. Spoke to me in English.

Hey buddy, could you spare thirty cents?

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