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Drift

Drift

Martinez, Manuel Luis

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Publisher Price: $19.99

ISBN10: 0312309953
ISBN13: 9780312309954
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: Apr 1 2003
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.21
Language: English

An explosive, fierce, and lyrical novel, set in the barrios of San Antonio and Los Angeles, from an electrifying new voice in American fiction

At sixteen, Robert Lomos has lost his family. His father, a Latin jazz musician, has left San Antonio for life on the road as a cool-hand playboy. His mother, shattered by a complete emotional and psychological breakdown, has moved to Los Angeles and taken Robert's little brother with her. Only his iron-willed grandmother, worn down by years of hard work, is left. But Robert's got a plan: Duck trouble, save his money, and head to California to put the family back together. Trouble is, no one believes a delinquent Mexican American kid has a chance--least of all, Robert himself.

Wrenching and wise, Drift gives an unflinching vision of the menace of adolescence, the hard edge of physical labor, and the debts we owe to family.

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