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Mexican Gothic: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 04:15:43 +0000

Sometimes it requires a bit of effort to tease out a book’s theme or premise based on the title. That’s not the case in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s debut novel, Mexican Gothic. It is exactly that, a noir horror novel set in 1950s Mexico. Noemi is the pampered daughter of a wealthy family whose her father asks […]

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The Jaguar’s Children

Catherine — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 08:46:18 +0000

There is always some fact in fiction but in The Jaguar’s Children by John Vaillant there is likely to be much more than expected. The story is a simple one in terms of characters and staging because it takes place inside a water tanker truck over the course of three days when it is left in […]

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Adam in Eden

Catherine — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:04:04 +0000

Adam Gorozpe is a very put upon man. Like the first Adam he stepped into a Garden of Eden by marrying his wife Priscila, daughter of the wealthiest and most powerful man in Mexico City, and a festival queen in her own right. In doing so, he creates his own success and takes over his father-in-law’s […]

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