Exchange Value (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Johnson
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: 1980
- Setting: Chicago
- Principal Characters: Cooter, Loftis, Elnora Bailey
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: African Americans, Crime or criminals, Chicago, Poverty or poor people, Robbery or robbers, Death or dying, Theft, Wealth
- Locales: Chicago, IL
The Story
Cooter and his brother Loftis break into the apartment of Elnora Bailey, an old black woman whose apartment is down their own hall. The woman has not been seen for a while, and although these two young men are not criminals by habit, they believe she will be an easy mark.
They find that Elnora, who is known around the neighborhood as a beggar, has been hoarding money and material things, including her own feces in coffee cans, for quite some time. They find her body, inflated in death, as well as close to $900,000 and additional wealth in the form of stocks and...
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