دانلود رمان انگلیسی “یک شاخص جادویی معین” – جلد. 3

“Time is of the essence, so let’s keep introductions short. I doubt you fine ladies and gentlemen want the recording to be buried in flowery words. And the masses on the other side of the cameras are always looking for a thrill.” A man in his forties was speaking. He had pronounced Latino facial features and a level of intimidation and wildness your average teen punks couldn’t hope to match. His dark skin hid muscles rivaling average athletes. Somewhat unfortunately, one didn’t get a particularly intelligent impression from him, but the citizens bore the responsibility for choosing him anyway. Roberto Catze. He was the president of the United States of America and the third Latino person to ever hold the office. Tell him that, though, and he wouldn’t be proud— because he wasn’t the first. Instead, with a perfectly straight face, he would implore you to call him the first president ever to have dropped out of high school. The suit, necktie, and leather shoes he was wearing had all been provided to him by benefactor groups; the outfit looked less like something he’d chosen to wear and more like something they’d forced on him. But nobody mistook his absent-mindedness for sloppiness—one of the man’s rare talents was his ability to make himself approachable. “So time for questions! We explained the gist of it at the ceremony two hours ago, so don’t go asking anything you already know the answer to. Waste this precious time, and you’ll just be laughingstocks for the viewers.”