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FLASHFIRE By Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) 2000 | ( ) (2000) . . |
But not just any money, not for those who wanted to belong another big word that also meant money. Inherited money was best, which almost went without saying, though Lesley did say it, indirectly, more than once. Married money was okay, second best, which was why people here didnt inquire too much into new spouses pasts. Earned money was barely acceptable, and then only if it acknowledged its inferiority, and absolutely only if it wasnt being earned anymore. Donald Trump never fit in here, Lesley said, having pointed out Mar-a-Lago, which for many years had belonged to Mrs Merriweather Post, who definitively didfit in here, and which after her death had been for years a white elephant on the market nobodys inherited money, no matter how much of it there was, could afford the upkeep of the huge sprawling place until Trump had grabbed it up, expecting it to be his entre'e to Palm Beach, misunderstanding the place, believing Palm Beach was about real estate, like New. York, never getting it that Palm Beach was about money you hadnt earned. I should be pleased Mr Trump took over Mar-a-Lago, Lesley said, I think we should all be pleased, because we certainly didnt want it to turn into Miss Havishams wedding cake out there, but to be honest with you, I think a place must be just a littled lass'e if Donald Trump has even heard of it. | , , , . , , , . , , . , , , , . , , : . , , --, , , . , , , , , -. , - , , , , -, , . , . , , , , , , , , . |