By Alistair Macleod
Alistair MacLeod musters the entire ability and beauty that experience received him a world following to offer us No nice Mischief, the tale of a fiercely unswerving kinfolk and the culture that drives it.
Generations after their forebears went into exile, the MacDonalds nonetheless face probably unmitigated hardships and cruelties of existence. Alexander, orphaned as a baby through a awful tragedy, has however won a few good fortune on the earth. Even his older brother, Calum, a virtually destitute alcoholic residing on Toronto's skid row, has been scarred via one other tragedy. yet, like every his clansman, Alexander is continued via a kin background that turns out to run via his veins. and during those lovingly acknowledged stories-wildly comedian or heartbreakingly tragic-we realize the desire opposed to desire upon which each and every kinfolk needs to occasionally depend.
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Big men in their mid-thirties, they both wore dark business suits. Paul was alarmed when he saw the same two men a bit later. Now they were sipping coffee in a booth on the other side of the restaurant. Maybe it’s just my imagination, Paul thought, but these two guys sure seem to be following me. Paul hadn’t forgotten about the attempt on his life back in Ebano. Now he began to wonder if these were hired 51 THE FLOODGATES goons who’d been sent to finish the job. He took his time eating as he figured out how to elude the two strangers.
He yelled at the young Mexican man. After slamming the door, Paul phoned Manuel’s room. “You’ll never believe what just happened,” he said. ” Manuel sat on the edge of the bed, listening in amazement to Paul’s story. By the time Paul finished, Manuel was looking deeply concerned. “You must be very careful, mi amigo,” Manuel said. “Your report could put the materials supplier out of business—maybe even in prison! ” 29 THE FLOODGATES “I’m sure it does,” Paul said, shaking his head. “But there’s not much we can do about it right this moment.
If core samples verified his suspicions, he could complete his report by this evening. Now that he was working alone, the work went a little slower. But by noon Paul had all the evidence he needed. The few samples he’d drilled indicated that the reinforcing rods were indeed only one-half inch. And the concrete used had indeed been an inferior mix with very little crushed stone. It looked as if everything Henry Buckingham had said was true. Paul was gathering his equipment 37 THE FLOODGATES when he heard strange sounds.
