Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Teeming with the shadows of revolution in Central America, the illicit drug trade, and pre-Colombian myth, this spell-binding detective novel featuring a Latina detective offers many new twists to the genre. Grisly, well crafted, and unique in its choice of red herrings, Villatoro, who expertly mined Guatemalan atrocities for material in his powerful nonfictional study Walking to la Milpa (1996), adroitly combines the best and worst of Latino culture in his first mystery. And Romilia, her ...
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Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Teeming with the shadows of revolution in Central America, the illicit drug trade, and pre-Colombian myth, this spell-binding detective novel featuring a Latina detective offers many new twists to the genre. Grisly, well crafted, and unique in its choice of red herrings, Villatoro, who expertly mined Guatemalan atrocities for material in his powerful nonfictional study Walking to la Milpa (1996), adroitly combines the best and worst of Latino culture in his first mystery. And Romilia, her mother, and her son would be welcome again -- Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review). Villatoro's THE HOLY SPIRIT OF MY UNCLE'S COJONES is also available from SPD.
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Very Good. Book. Signed by Author(s) Signed by author. Cover has edge wear, minor creases, minor scratches, small bent/rubbed cover/page corners, rubbed spine. No writing in text. Very good.
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Fine. Book. Signed by Author(s) SIGNED by Marcos McPeek Villatoro on the Title page. Signature only. A First edition, First printing. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges are clean. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks.