The Thirty-Caliber Roach Clip

The Thirty-Caliber Roach ClipMontego Bay. The tires of the 707 squeal and burn. Seat-belt buckles click. Pass immigration. Customs. Get a complimentary rum drink. Shuffle and mumble and evade the crowd at the door, the hustlers, cabdrivers, baggage handlers. The cars are European. Traffic is on the left. It is hot. Sugar cane. Runaway slaves. Pirates. Mountains. Tropical fertility. Captain Blood. Jamaica--the island where the ganja grows up to 20 feet high. A lid costs two bucks. A pound costs 2...