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Fathers and sons--Fiction, Ibiza Island (Spain)--Social life and customs--Fiction, Psychological fiction.
publication date
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1998
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PS3557.R3795T48 1998eb
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813/.54
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Fathers and sons--Fiction, Ibiza Island (Spain)--Social life and customs--Fiction, Psychological fiction.
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They are Ruining Ibiza
A. C. Greene
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Also by A. C. Greene
A Personal Country
Living Texas
The Last Captive
The Santa Claus Bank Robbery
Dallas: The Deciding Years
A Christmas Tree
Views in Texas
A Place Called Dallas
Elephants in Your Mailbox (with Roger Horchow)
The 50 Best Books on Texas
The Highland Park Woman
Dallas USA
A Town Called Cedar Springs
Texas Sketches
It's Been Fun
Taking Heart
900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail
Joy to the World
Christmas Memories
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They are Ruining Ibiza
A. C. Greene
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1998, A. C. Greene
All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition
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The paper in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, Z39.48.1984.
Permissions University of North Texas Press PO Box 311336 Denton TX 76203-1336 940-565-2142
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Greene, A. C., 1923 They are ruining Ibiza / by A.C. Greene. p. cm. ISBN 1-57441-042-3 I. title. PS3557.R3795T48 1998 813'.54dc21 97-39440 CIP
Illustrations by Geoffrey Greene Design by Betty Tomboulian
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This is for Geoffrey and Arabella, the beloved ones who introduced me to Ibiza.
Page 1
One
As the plane left the Madrid airport, Charles Martyn, PhD, age sixty-two, author of A Last Look at the American Novelused (as a reviewer of the third edition noted) "in virtually every North American college or university where the department chair has not written a similar, but inferior, book"told Susan, his second wife, that the first thing they would see when they landed on the island of Ibiza would be windmills.
"They are the chief characteristic of the island," he said.
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"Like Dutch windmills?" Susan asked.
"Nothing at all like Dutch windmills," Charles said.
"I mean, characteristic of the place, the way Dutch windmills are of Holland."
"Dutch windmills have become mere symbols; these are in use," he said.
"Oh, pardon me, then," Susan said, with a slight shrug. She turned and looked out the plane's window, watching the land, then the sea, below. Charles realized she was miffed but, damn it, he could not bring himself to apologize for such an insignificant bruise. He tried reading the Spanish newspaper the attendant had passed outmost of the other passengers appeared to be Spanishbut found he lacked the concentration necessary to decipher a foreign language. He watched Susan out of the corner of his eye as he read, or pretended to read, and when it seemed to him that the shadow had left her face, he took her hand and said, "Una peseta por sus pensamientos."
She looked at him and frowned, "One peseta? What was the exchange rate at the airport?"
"It was one-fifty, plus."
"One-fifty to the dollar... so you're not even offering me a penny for what I assume are my thoughts?"
"I will raise the offer to tres pesetas, which is a great deal more than a penny for your thoughts."
"A great deal more? What, penny-and-a-half? Two cents?"
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"Damn it, you know I'm not a numbers person. It's the thought that counts."
"It's my thoughts that count. But, since you did so generously raise your offer, and I know how difficult such decisions are for you to make, I accept. Give me the two cents."
"It will have to be in pesetas. I changed all my American money back at the Madrid Internacional."
"That's fine; when in Spain do as the Spanish do, I've always heard."
"But the smallest coin I got at the exchange was a five-peseta piece."
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