The Bluestocking
Bloody Mary in Blue
When the Buenos Aires subway closes at night, Enrique Ferrari goes underground to mop the platforms -- and to polish his next thriller.
The Argentine station cleaner, 44, with bags under his eyes, is also a prize-winning crime novelist.
He has been published in several countries, but it is the nighttime cleaning job which puts food on the table for his three children.
"Live off writing? The money isn't good enough," he tells AFP.
Not quite sure whether to be inspired (if he can do it, so can anyone who really wants to write) or depressed (confirmation that writing really pays that little... even if one is an award-winning genre writer)...
The Argentine station cleaner, 44, with bags under his eyes, is also a prize-winning crime novelist.
He has been published in several countries, but it is the nighttime cleaning job which puts food on the table for his three children.
"Live off writing? The money isn't good enough," he tells AFP.
Not quite sure whether to be inspired (if he can do it, so can anyone who really wants to write) or depressed (confirmation that writing really pays that little... even if one is an award-winning genre writer)...
