Quotes by Clark Zlotchew

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sex 1950s adventure cuba havana love adolescent-angst deep-south high-seas homophobia navy old-days political-intrigue prostitution racism rite-of-passage savannah segregation sexism ships short-stories short-story-collection stories unrequited-love cia dagestan iran nuclear-threat thriller ambition

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.”
— Clark Zlotchew
1950s adolescent-angst adventure cuba

“When they reached their ship, Ed gazed out at the bay. It was black. The sky was black, but the bay was even blacker. It was a slick, oily blackness that glowed and reflected the moonlight like a b...”
— Clark Zlotchew, Once Upon a Decade: Tales of the Fifties
1950s adolescent-angst adventure cuba

“Currents of cigarette fumes wafted through what passed for air. Attractive young women in bright-hued gowns glided through the streams of smoke, like tropical fish in an aquarium. Detecting the whi...”
— Clark Zlotchew, Once Upon a Decade: Tales of the Fifties
1950s adventure cuba havana

“The piercing fanfare of the brass against the brutal boom and rattle of the drums surged through the air. At the head of the Ferris band marched the drum majorette. A crimson and white shako crowne...”
— Clark Zlotchew, Once Upon a Decade: Tales of the Fifties
ambition disillusionment high-school hollywood

“The men were smashing windows and aiming their weapons through them. The driver had opened the door and was shouting for the women and children to get out and run and hide. But Ilina realized in so...”
— Clark Zlotchew, The Caucasian Menace
caucasus-region cia dagestan espionage-thriller

“The door suddenly opened. A leggy young brunette took two steps into the office and stopped short. Her brown eyes widened, she hastily excused herself and turned to leave. Prezs jaw dropped as he l...”
— Clark Zlotchew, The Caucasian Menace
brutality cia dagestan espionage