King Juba's Chest is a thundering, spellbinding, globetrotting
American saga on the raw and dirty side of the tracks. From Juarez,
the City of Dead Girls, an improbable young illegal Mexican
immigrant eludes the spray of bullets from the ruthless Zetas
cartel, claws her way through the choking dust of a collapsing
smuggler's tunnel, survives the ICE raids of the rat-infested
colonias of New Mexico and the abusive blows of a carjacking,
paint-sniffing boyfriend in Amarillo, finally, rising up from the
ashes of poverty to become the CEO of a major American corporation.
Yet, all is not what it appears to be. In the dark corridors of her
mind is a secret place, a horrible place where prisoners of
desperation abound and unwieldy miracles take flight. The cost of
each visit is astronomical and nonnegotiable. The ultimate
life-and-death exchange rate is hidden in the seams of an invisible
world as ancient mysteries unfold. This is James A. Michener on
steroids, a sweeping tale of the miscegenation of cultures and the
undeniable quest to scale the purple mountains and alabaster cities
in the land of the free. (A new experience in multicultural
reading.)
General
Imprint: |
Groganbooks.com
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 2013 |
First published: |
February 2013 |
Authors: |
Leander , Jackie Grogan
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
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Pages: |
626 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-62620-215-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-62620-215-X |
Barcode: |
9781626202153 |
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