Written in the second person point of view, "Bloodline" places the reader front and center of this tragic San Antonio stage in which troubled teenager Abraham struggles against the violent tendencies that he suspects are his regrettable birthright. An entirely original and entertaining novel.Ĥ. Chronologically, these stories come between Midnight Taxi Tango and Battle Hill Bolero. Down the midnight streets of New York, a whole invisible universe churns to life in this collection of Bone Street Rumba tales. With this powerhouse of a novel, the surreal elements are also drawn from the Robert Rodriguez/ Quentin Tarantino school of filmmaking (think "Grindhouse" and "Kill Bill".) The sheer pleasure of this loud-pitch journey is in watching a crew of female assassins flex its muscle as each woman’s story rises to the surface to reveal an entirely different (and more appealing) narrative than the book’s title promised in the first place. Gordo, the old Cubano that watches over the graveyards and sleeping children of Brooklyn, stirs and lights another Malagueña. Gonzales’ debut collection of stories "The Miniature Wife" defied easy categorization though its muses were clearly the Latin American magical realists. "The Regional Office Is Under Attack!" by Manuel Gonzales Riverhead The Regional Office is Under Attack!, by Manuel Gonzales, Riverhead Books.
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