Americanah
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Philadelphia had the musty scent of history. New Haven smelled of neglect. Baltimore smelled of brine, and Brooklyn of sun-warmed garbage.
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“fat” in America was a bad word, heaving with moral judgement like “stupid” or “bastard”, and not a mere description like “short” or “tall”.
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and each sentence stylishly aware of its own stylishness.