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Author: Victor Martinez
First Published: 1993
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: The 1970's
Setting: Central California
Principal Characters: The narrator, Bernardo (Nardo)
Genres: Social realism, Short fiction
Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, California, West, U.S., Lower classes, Mexican Americans, Money, Agriculture, Baseball, Work or workers, Exercise, Aliens, illegal, Employees, dismissal
Locales: California

The narrator, remembering when he and his brother Bernardo, or Nardo as the family calls him, were both teenagers, recalls the various jobs that Nardo held one summer: busboy, dishwasher, parking attendant, and short-order cook. Nardo managed to get himself fired from all of them, either for not showing up or showing up too often for a boss that hated him. Nardo's favorite job was working as a busboy for a catering service at the Bonneville Lakes country club, touching elbows with the rich and enjoying free drinks and other perks. He lost this job when, on a dare, he...

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