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Larry Fondation's "Deportation at Breakfast" is a short story about a man who comes to a diner, where he finds out that he must cook his own eggs, and ends up owning the joint for at least a day.
The man in "Deportation at Breakfast" is both the narrator and the main character.
The setting is a homey diner called "Clara's", where the protagonist is "lured" into, with the promise of inexpensive food. The place appeals, "family-run and clean," the signs "neat," and the interior are "old-fashioned." But the protagonist also has an appealing disposition. He sits at the counter, "leaving the empty tables for other customers that might come in." He seems like a nice guy, just any guy looking for a clean place to eat, in what seems to be a very ordinary day in an ordinary diner, but the extraordinary event of deportation occurs.
The atmosphere is surprisingly relaxed in the diner in spite of the deportation. No one except the protagonist, because he is alone and sits by the counter,......

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