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Bodega Dreams

Bodega Dreams

Quiñonez, Ernesto

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General Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 0375705899
ISBN13: 9780375705892
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Mar 14 2000
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.18 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Awards: Street Literature Book Award Medal (Slbam)
In this thriller with literary merit (Time Out New York), a stunning narrative combines the gritty rhythms of Junot Diaz with the noir genius of Walter Mosley.

Bodega Dreams pulls us into Spanish Harlem, where the word is out: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition for your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help. He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange only for loyalty--and a steady income from the drugs he pushes.

Lyrical, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trial of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favor. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder.

Bodega is a fascinating character. . . . The story [Quiñonez] tells has energy and verve. --The New York Times Book Review

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