The Devil Went Down to Austin
“Ballistics humour.
The guy who buzzed us in was around fortyfive, wearing jeans and a rumpled blue Tshirt, a laminated ID around his neck. He looked like he hadn't seen a disposable razor in eight weeks—his grizzled hair, beard, eyebrows, moustache, and sideburns all so copious it was impossible to tell where one crop of follicles stopped and the other started. I fancied you could peel one corner and rip the whole hair cover off in a single piece.
He chewed on something underneath the moustache..., knit his eyebrows at Lopez.
"Which are you?" "Vic Lopez, Travis County homicide." The hairy man looked at me. "Then you're Navarre?" "Ben Quarles?" Quarles shook my hand. "Gene Schaeffer at SAPD vouched for you. Said you kept them supplied with some of their more humorous work." "That Gene," I said. "He's a sucker for knockknock jokes." Quarles looked at Lopez. "Told me Tres—TRES—I figured a Spanish guy." Lopez patted my shoulder. "You know, we're trying. We keep feeding him frijoles. So far he ain't turned brown.MoreLess
The guy who buzzed us in was around fortyfive, wearing jeans and a rumpled blue Tshirt, a laminated ID around his neck. He looked like he hadn't seen a disposable razor in eight weeks—his grizzled hair, beard, eyebrows, moustache, and sideburns all so copious it was impossible to tell where one crop of follicles stopped and the other started. I fancied you could peel one corner and rip the whole hair cover off in a single piece.
He chewed on something underneath the moustache..., knit his eyebrows at Lopez.
"Which are you?" "Vic Lopez, Travis County homicide." The hairy man looked at me. "Then you're Navarre?" "Ben Quarles?" Quarles shook my hand. "Gene Schaeffer at SAPD vouched for you. Said you kept them supplied with some of their more humorous work." "That Gene," I said. "He's a sucker for knockknock jokes." Quarles looked at Lopez. "Told me Tres—TRES—I figured a Spanish guy." Lopez patted my shoulder. "You know, we're trying. We keep feeding him frijoles. So far he ain't turned brown.MoreLess
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