"See, I donât know, I was like a part of our whatchamacallit, group, but in a way, I wasnât. Like the guy at the ball game who doesnât cheer. Iâm just the guy Rudy or Regan calls up. The more the merrier, you know? It really wouldnât make that much of a difference if I showed up or not. Really. Iâve never been real good with talking or conversation. I mean, all the guys joke around and laugh while I sit back and smile every now and then. Itâs like Iâm watching a movie. Just watching everything going on around me. Iâm not like the other guys. I canât come out with neat things to say that will make everybody laugh at the drop of a hat. I mean, I can go the whole night sometimes without saying a damn word." âfrom "The Sand Island Drive-In Anthem" In Good Company is a celebration of life in Hawaiâi, beyond Waikiki and Diamond Head. Its characters work sixteen-hour-shifts at airport drive-ins, play pool with cursed hitmen, wrestle their high school sweethearts in Chinatown bars. From Manoa to Waianae to the authorâs hometown of Kalihi, men and women seek love, dignity, and a place to belong. At the heart of In Good Company are the mysteriousâand often wonderfulâthings that can happen to the human spirit when one life intersects with another. Collected here for the first time are eight of Cedric Yamanakaâs best short stories.
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