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I'll Be a Millionaire By 40 and I'll Buy You a Nice House

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Katherine Dee
Mar 07, 2021
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Members sunbathe around the pool at Palm Springs Tennis Club, California, circa 1970. (Photo by Slim Aarons/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Jesse tasted like a rental car, one that someone had smoked in. It was endearing, but it was impossible to put into words why it was endearing. Like a lot about him, it simply was.

Jesse had an air of desert kitsch about…

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