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The catchy tunes of the fairground rides

"Brando was sick of being cooped up with his mother, overhearing the parade music pumping in the distance, all that fun, all those people getting to spend the night drinking and dancing in the streets, the deafening snap of firecrackers, the crash of bottles smashed in late-night brawls, the baying of lost drunks, which stopped only when they paused to vomit, and the catchy tunes of the fairground rides set up each year next to the church ..." - Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season  

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