bait shop

“At sunset an elderly black man named Batist helped me close up the bait shop and chain-lock our rental boats to the pilings under the dock.”

Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

“A moment later Clete Purcel came through the bait shop door, wearing new running shoes, elastic-waisted, neon-purple shorts that bagged to his knees, a tie-dye strap undershirt that looked like chemically stained cheesecloth on his massive torso, and his Marine Corps utility cap turned sideways on his head.”

Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce

“The next night Batist’s sister banged down the dirt road in a dilapidated pickup that sounded like a dying animal when she parked it by the bait shop and turned off the ignition.”

Simon & Schuster: Jolie Blon’s Bounce