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illegal-dumping
The chapter hints at environmental and legal issues through the depiction of unauthorized tire dumping behind the junkyard.
1 chapter across 1 book
Numbers Don’t Lie (2001)Terry Bisson
Chapter 4
The narrator, dealing with a difficult divorce and a squealing brake problem on his 1970 Volvo 145, embarks on a quest to find rare brake hardware. After multiple dead ends at auto parts stores, he is directed to a hidden junkyard known as "Frankie in the Hole," a secluded place specializing in Volvos. There, he navigates a maze of decaying cars and interacts with the junkyard's caretakers, ultimately finding the needed parts amidst a landscape of automotive decay and illegal dumping.