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1、AVRAMDAVIDSONManateeGalAin’tYouComingOutTonightHere’sanotherstorybyAvramDavidson,whose“TheGolem”appearedearlierinthisanthology.ManyaGrandMasterpro•ducesweakorinferiorworkinthelastfewyearsofhislife,butinthis,asinsomuchelse,Davidsonwasfarfromtypical—infact,towardtheendofhislongcareer,Davidson
2、producedsomeofhisbestworkever,inaseriesofstories—thatstartedappearinginthelastyearsofthe1970sandcontinuedthroughtotheearly1990s(thelastofthemwaspublishedin1993,justbeforehisdeath)—thatdetailthestrangeadventuresofJackLimekiller.TheLimekillerstoriesaresetagainstthelushlyevocativebackgroundof“
3、BritishHidalgo,”Davidson’svividlyrealized,richlyimaginedversionofoneofthosetiny,eccentricCentralAmericannationsthatexistinnear-totalisolationontheedgeofthebusytwentieth-centuryworld...aplacesomehowatonceflamboyantandlanguorous,wherestrangethingscan—anddo—happen…...asthebrilliantstorythatfol
4、lows,oneofthebestoftheLimekillertales,andoneofthebestfantasiesofthe1970s,willamplydemonstrate!****TheCupidClubwastheonlywaterholeonthePortCockatoowaterfront.Tobesure,thereweretwoorthreeliquorboothsbackinthepartwherethetinytownebbedawayintothebush.Buttheywereclosedforsiesta,certainly.Andthey
5、soldnothingbutwateredrumandwarmsoftdrinksandloosecigarettes.Also,theywereawayfromthebreezesofftheBaywhichkeptawaytheflies.InBritishHidalgognatswereflies,mosquitoeswereflies,sand-flies—worstofall—wereflies—flieswerealsoflies:andifany•onewereinclinedtoquestionthisnomenclature,therewastheunque
6、s•tionablefactthatmosquitoitselfwasmerelySpanishforlittlefly.ItwasnotreallycoolintheCupidClub(AlfonsoKey,prop.,LICENSEDTOSELLWINE,SPIRITS,BEER,ALE,CYDERANDPERRY).Butitwascertainlylesshotthanoutside.OutsidethesunburnedtheBay,turningitintomoltensparkles.Limekiller’sboatstoodatmooring,byverysl
7、ightlyraisinghisheadhecouldseeher,andeverysooftenhedidraiseit.Therewasn’tmuchaboardtotemptthieves,andthereweren’tmanythievesinPortCockatoo,anyway.Ontheotherhand,whatwasaboardtheSacarissahecouldnotverywellspare;anditonlytookonethief,afterall.Soeverynowand
