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288 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 1998
She was a young blonde with unbelievably short hair and a wiry, athletic body. Unapologetically butch. She was at least a couple of years younger than Carolyn---nineteen, at the very most---but her face was already disconcertingly hard to read.
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'You here by yourself?' she asked Sam.
'Nah, I'm with him,' she said, pointing over to the bar, where a long-haired guy who looked like Oscar Wilde was collecting their drinks. The guy was dressed flamboyantly even by Castro Street standards, in a long green velvet coat which looked like a leftover from the glory days of the Haight.
Carolyn looked him up and down. 'I take it he's not your boyfriend.'
The girl smirked. 'No way on Earth.' A good sign, thought Carolyn.