At heart Chaz Perrone was irrefutably a cheat and a maggot, but he had always shunned violence as dutifully… — Carl Hiaasen
At heart Chaz Perrone was irrefutably a cheat and a maggot, but he had always shunned violence as dutifully as a Quaker elder. Nobody who knew him, including his few friends, would have imagined him capable of homicide. Chaz himself was somewhat amazed that he'd gone through with it. (Chapter 2)
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