دانلود رمان انگلیسی “باکانو!” – جلد 16 – مرد تابستانی 1932 در قاتل

1932 A certain day of a certain month The speakeasy Alveare
“Isaac, Isaac! It’s awful! It says Ice Pick Thompson has struck again!”
The young woman’s voice calling out was far more cheerful than one would expect to hear in a Prohibition-era speakeasy after hours. Although cheerful was more a description of the timbre; at the moment, she was fearful and shocked.
In response, the man she’d called Isaac whirled around toward her. “What?! Tell me you’re joking, Miria!”
Both of them were dressed in the sailor suits worn by the British navy. If the speakeasy had been open, people would have assumed they were performers in some sort of skit. However, they were neither actors nor bar staff. No one had any idea why they were dressed this way.
The couple continued their conversation with such an expert sense of timing that it really did sound scripted.
“It’s true! See, it’s right there in the paper!”
“My God… Our fears have been realized…”
The man and woman had opened a newspaper on top of the liquor barrels that stood in the corner of the speakeasy as part of the décor. Their faces looked solemn. Spotting the pair—Isaac Dian and Miria Harvent—a baby-faced young man who was passing by spoke to them.
“…Huh? You two know about Ice Pick Thompson?” Firo Prochainezo asked, frowning.
Isaac and Miria looked at each other.
“Come to think of it, what was Ice Pick Thompson again, Miria?”
“Hmm? I dunno. But the newspaper says it must be terrible.”