New York. 1986. December 1986. Available Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0345326822. Translated from the Portuguese by Gregory Rabassa. 102 pages. paperback. Cover design by Donald E. Munson. keywords: Literature Translated Brazil Latin America. FROM THE PUBLISHER - ‘You can always figure out why something happens; all you have to do is take a good long look and give it some thought and you discover why. Don't you think?' Maybe it wasn't the best deal. Alfonso had even agreed to keep on four incompetent workers, just to pay off what was owed to the health fund, and avoid trouble. But once the garage was his, he was determined to run it better than any of the places he'd worked at before. Nothing was going to stop him from making a success of it, not even the stabbing death of a worker. ‘Hard times don't mean a thing. What matters is that you don't lose heart.' THE MAN IN THE MONKEY SUIT portrays the struggle of a man who will not give up, as he spars with co-workers and former business partners, the women he could have (and did), the one he couldn't have (but wanted), and finally, the police. inventory #26086