The Baseball Glove (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Víctor Martínez
- 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 Story
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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