"MEXICO-A NATION'S CULTURE OF DENIAL" CHRONICLES MEXICO'S HISTORY AND ITS DEVELOPMENT OF A CUSTOM OF LOOKING OUTWARD TO LAY BLAME FOR INTERNAL ILLS. BEGINNING WITH ITS COLONIAL ERA WHEN SPAIN IMPOSED ITS SOCIAL YARDSTICK TO CONTROL MEXICO'S MAJORITY POPULATION OF MESTIZOS, INDIANS AND BLACKS, BOB HAYES ILLUSTRATES HOW THIS EARLY CATERIZATION OF ITS AFRICAN SLAVES; CATERGORIZING THEM AS OTHER THAN AFRICANS, PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS CULTURE OF DENIAL. BY TRACING ITS LONG, STRAINED RELATIONSHIP WITH A MORE POWERFUL AND AMBITIOUS U.S, THE AUTHOR DOCUMENTS HOW MEXICO STROVE TO RID ITSELF OF U.S. DOMINANCE BY BLANKETING ITSELF UNDER A SMOTHERING CLOAK OF NATIONALISM, MEXICO'S POWERFUL WERE ABLE TO CONVINCE ITS PEOPLE THAT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR 'THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND MEXICO, NOT FOR MEXICO TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD.' AND BY USING THEIR OWN REEINFORCING QUOTES, HAYES IS ABLE TO SUBSTANTUATE THIS MOST DISTURBING NUANCE.

The Royal Casino like Las Vegas has its share of characters and action; daily scenarios that keep Johnny Franco, General Manager, eagle-eyed. But 'Six Pack' Mike's major concern when he enters daily is the expeditious manner in which the cocktail waitresses deliver his first Budweisers, and whether he will still be conscious when the other twelve arrive. TEN TO CALL are words every poker player has heard when a dealer wakes him from his procrastination. It is the call to action that unfolds the daily humorous incidents, sex, drugs, and fast lane life style that characterize the world of casino poker. TEN TO CALL also depicts the tragic world of gambling addicts like Mike Sung Byong whose propensity to 'play cards' rather than poker sees him losing all...wife, family, business...labeled by other Asian action players as an easy mark. It is a world of glamour spiced with meltdowns and oddballs that makes 'Ten To Call' illuminating and entertaining.