“He requested a gin martini, which I made for him. When he took the first sip, he said, ‘This is excellent.’ He looked at me over the top of his glass, and his eyes were full of recognition. As if I was finally a real person to him.
For this member of the old guard, the taste of a correct gin martini is like a passport or a gang sign. We were friends for the rest of my time there.”
—Chee, Alexander. “The Poisoning.” Tin House. July 25, 2017.
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