Beschrijving
Carmen Madrid finally got his opportunity when general manager Big Tony DeLorenzo moved him from being an air wrench jockey back in the shop to being a hotshot salesman selling Jaguars, Lincolns, and plain old Chevys. Life in Jamaica Queens was good—for a while—but the commission checks weren’t as big as he’d anticipated, and it wasn’t long before he was flat broke, looking for other ways to pay the bills.
That’s when Carmen discovered that the dealership sold more than just cars, and that money laundering, fencing stolen property, drug peddling, and pornography were some of its other products and services. In his world, qualities like honesty and integrity were great for people who could afford to have them, but sometimes working people just did what they had to do to get by, and honesty and integrity didn’t penetrate too far below the skin. It wasn’t long before he had to make a choice. Would he try to work as an honest salesman, or would he give in to the big money temptations the \
