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		selimthegrim on April 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gabriel García Márquez, Literary Pioneer, Dies at ... Which was the short story with the sadistic dentist torturing the mayor?

simonsarris on April 18, 2014 | [–]

You're recalling One of These Days

http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/ootdays.html

(Slightly sad to see his life written as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1928-____ ) on the page. Today we know the answer to the blank.)

Castlereagh on April 19, 2014 | | [–]

"Es la misma vaina."

0xdeadbeefbabe on April 18, 2014 | [–]

The mayor was the sadist. The dentist practiced regular dentistry for the time.

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