Addie Pray
Addie Pray (1971) is a novel by Joe David Brown. It was the basis for the movie Paper Moon (1973) directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Shortly after the movie was released, the novel was re-titled Paper Moon.
The novel is narrated by Addie, an orphaned girl, who travels with confidence man Moses "Long Boy" Pray in the early 1930s, during the Great Depression. Their travels are mainly in Alabama, but they do go elsewhere on occasion. The second half of the novel takes place in and around New Orleans, where Addie and Mose become involved in a scam with confidence man Colonel Culpepper. This portion of the tale would be omitted from the film Paper Moon.
Addie states at the beginning of the novel that Long Boy may or may not be her father; she says that her late mother was the "wildest" girl in her town, and that Long Boy is one of her three possible fathers. The book features three scams not depicted in the movie, including bilking cotton dealers, encouraging "marks" to become investors in a worthless health tonic named PruYea for the prunes and yeast it is allegedly concocted with, and a climactic scam against a wealthy, dishonest lawyer in New Orleans.
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Edipo Rey
by: Def con DosDesde que trabajas en La Ballesta
mi complejo de Edipo qué caro me cuesta.
Recuerdo mi infancia en un patio andaluz,
recuerdo mi barrio, recuerdo mi casa,
recuerdo a mi madre tendiendo sus bragas.
Recuerdo cuando el complejo de Edipo
y el incesto eran gratuítos;
ahora que trabajas en La Ballesta
mi mejor pasatiempo qué caro me cuesta.
Edipo rey, mamá putón,
te borré de mi foto de primera comunión.
Edipo rey, mamá putón.
Si llegaba tarde tú me esperabas
con traje de cuero y la luz apagada.
Vasito de leche, leche merengada,
tolón, tolón, qué mamá tan salada.
Aquellas meriendas que me preparabas,
bizcocho duro con mermelada.
Aquellas cenas a la luz de las velas,
el Don Perignon regaba la almeja.
Edipo rey, mamá putón,
te borré de mi foto de primera comunión.
Edipo rey, mamá putón.
Cuando mi querida mamá me enseñó
el culo del Diablo y la cara de Dios
pensé que me daba gratis su amor.
Y me cuesta una pasta ahora de mayor.
Primero una puta, ahora una madame.
Aquí donde las toman, también las dan.
Me voy a hacer chulo para recuperar
todo el dinero invertido en mamá.
Edipo rey, mamá putón,
te borré de mi foto de primera comunión.
Edipo rey, mamá putón.
Desde que trabajas en La Ballesta
mi complejo de Edipo qué caro me cuesta.