"A new and authentic voice of the urban Latino experience." --Esmeralda Santiago, author of When I Was Puerto RicanIn a stunning narrative combining the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley, Bodega Dreams announces the arrival of a writer who The Village Voice has already hailed as "a Writer on the Verge."The word is ...more
Willie Bodega is the king of Spanish Harlem. With a steady income from drug sales, he's rebuilding the neighborhood from the groud up. So why does the guy who can do anything need a favor from young Chino?
This fiery novel strikingly evokes the trials of Chino, a smart young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor, but Chino soon finds himself out of his league trying to navigate an underworld of switchblade tempers, dog-eats-dog morality and murder. Blurb in Spanish: El vendedor de sueños evoca las tribulaciones de Chino, un joven del Harlem hispano ...more
This fiery novel strikingly evokes the trials of Chino, a smart young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor, but Chino soon finds himself out of his league trying to navigate an underworld of switchblade tempers, dog-eats-dog morality and murder. Blurb in Spanish: El vendedor de sueños evoca las tribulaciones de Chino, un joven del Harlem hispano ...more
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