Behind God’s Back
Sandra Braude
1993
It did not take long to apprehend the assassin. A woman who had been passing heard the shots, saw a car skid away, took down the number and gave it to the police and, within hours, a man had been arrested.
The newspapers commented on his origin. A Pole, in the country for only a few years. Was his anger against the Communists, who had taken away…
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