The winter of Frankie Machine

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It was suicide.

Mike didn’t have the stones to pull the trigger on himself, so he got me to do it, Frank thinks as he leaves the house and gets into the car.

Mike just didn’t want to live anymore.

Frank understands.

It’s what happens, this life of ours.

Piece by piece, it takes everything away from you.

Your home.

Your work.

Your family.

Your friends.

Your faith.

Your trust.

Your love.

Your life.

But by that time, you don’t even want it anymore.

They take him on a downhill curve on Highway 78.