THE TATTOOED SOLDIER
by Tobar, Hector
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1883285151
- ISBN 13
- 9781883285159
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Héctor Tobar 's debut novel is a tragic tale of destiny and consequence set in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the 1992 riots. Antonio Bernal is a Guatemalan refugee haunted by memories of his wife and child murdered at the hands of a man marked with a yellow tattoo. Not far from Antonio's apartment, Guillermo Longoria extends his arm and reveals a tattoo--yellow pelt, black spots, red mouth. It is the mark of the death squad, the Jaguar Battalion of the Guatemalan army. A chance encounter ignites a psychological showdown between these two men who discover that the war in Central America has followed them to the quemazones, the "great burning" of the Los Angeles riots.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 025582
- Title
- THE TATTOOED SOLDIER
- Author
- Tobar, Hector
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1883285151
- ISBN 13
- 9781883285159
- Publisher
- Delphinium
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 307
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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