The Mexicans
by Patrick Oster
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. A touch faded at the spine of the dust wrapper with the price clipped.
- ISBN 10
- 0688081932
- ISBN 13
- 9780688081935
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Synopsis
The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals.From Augustin, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and intimidating phone calls stifle people despite his meager income; we hear from a homosexual teacher wary of bigotry in a land of machismo; and many others.Moving from Mexico City discos to remote Indian towns, Patrick Oster tells of Mexicans whose lives reveal something vital about Mexico, and in doing so, helps to understand why many decide to risk their lives in order to have the opportunity to live in the United States.
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- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 113068
- Title
- The Mexicans
- Author
- Patrick Oster
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good Dust Wrapper. A touch faded at the spine of the dust wrapper with the price clipped.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0688081932
- ISBN 13
- 9780688081935
- Publisher
- New York: William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- mexicos children of sanchez mexican life the muchacha the tragafuego the pollo the piista panista fayuquero the pepenador de campesino le policia the periodista the evangelista the maricon the mentalista the guera the feminista mexicans mexico city
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