Like a Champion
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"Vincent Chu's work is funny and big-hearted, like the best short stories from Sherman Alexie, imbued with a generosity and warmth that reminds us that moments of glory can happen when we least expect it. In eighteen stories that shine a light on people far from champions, Like a champion is an ode to the underdogs and long shots, sad office partes and one-sided basketball games, disappointed worker bees and hopeful lovers"--Page 4 of cover.
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This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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The man across from Henriette read a book. It was a very big book, a Hunger Games or Game of Thrones kind, with a sword and flame and chess piece on the cover. Dean had never read such a big book. The man was on the very last page and Dean felt guilty suddenly for spying on him during this personal moment, but he did not stop. It was not often, he reasoned, that he would get the opportunity to observe another person at the exact moment they finished a book, a big one at that. But, after the last page, the man, without so much as a satisfied nod or pensive stare, shut the thing and immediately put in his iPhone buds. This disappointed Dean.
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