Bodega Dreams

by

Ernesto Quiñones

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Aaron Fischman is a mobster who controls property in New York’s Lower East Side. He’s also known as “The Fish of Loisada.” Most of the book’s characters think that Aaron Fischman is responsible for setting one of Bodega’s buildings on fire. It turns out that Nazario makes up this story to hide his own devious actions.
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Aaron Fischman Character Timeline in Bodega Dreams

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Book 2, Round 3: The Fish of Loisaida
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...to expose Bodega for buying property with “dirty money” so that a mobster named Aaron Fischman, known as the Fish of Loisaida, could take over Spanish Harlem. Bodega also explains that... (full context)
Book 2, Round 5: The War Was in Full Bloom
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...that he doesn’t know him, but as their eyes lock, Julio knows what happened: Aaron Fischman set the fire as revenge for Salazar’s death. Julio knows that there’s a war on... (full context)
Book 2, Round 6: After the Fire
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...the time Julio and Nazario get a chance to speak alone, Julio is out for blood—Fischman could have killed Blanca. Nazario wants Julio to come to Queens with him tomorrow, but... (full context)
Book 2, Round 7: Watering his Peach Tree
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...a man named Mr. Cavalleri. Nazario tells Mr. Cavalleri that Bodega’s beef is with Aaron Fischman, and that Bodega will compensate Mr. Cavalleri for any fallout that might affect him—especially since... (full context)
Book 2, Round 12: Knockout: The Way a Hero Sandwich Dies in the Garment District at Twelve O’Clock in the Afternoon
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Nazario explains that Fischman shot Bodega. Nazario told the police that Bodega shot Salazar and Vidal in order to... (full context)
Book 3, Eulogy: Pa’lante, Siempre Pa’lante
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...that Nazario must have set fire to his apartment building to make everyone think that Fischman was involved. Nazario set the whole thing up to seize control of everything for himself... (full context)