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stay at her place, but when she returns to her old apartment and sees Gloria, she realizes that she is still not over the betrayal and runs back to Talibe's apartment. When she arrives at her apartment
Ouagadougou is waiting for her. Because she is his wife, he argues, they should live together. Gin gives in, and Ouagadougou moves into the apartment with her.
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Central Europe Review that she made Gin "...more naive than I was, so that she could discover more, so that it would be more shocking for her." Pekárková finds that it is easier for
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English and Film Studies, as "Fresh, gutsy, hilarious, the novel is one terrific (and terrifying) joy-ride through New York, propelled by a Czech taxi driver—a woman taxi driver at that." She also appreciated how even though the novel was about New York, Gin's Croatian roots did not get lost.
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This novel begins with Gin and her roommate, Gloria, in their apartment. Readers learn that Gin makes her money from taxi driving and that she works at a garage under a
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Several days later, Gin picks up a passenger named Clyde. Clyde and Gin sleep together and Gin is interested in him, but the relationship is broken off when Gloria sleeps with him. Gin is so distraught that she contemplates suicide, but then destroys all of Gloria's paintings in the apartment.
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While Talibe is recovering in the hospital, he is distressed because he had a blood transfusion. In Mali culture, blood is very important, and Talibe is disgusted that the blood inside him is not his. He is also confused because he was shot while wearing his protective amulet, and he does not
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marry someone else who will agree to marry as many of his family members as he needs. The day after her wedding with
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