This book is a winner of PEN Center West Award for Fiction. Abran Gonzalez is a homeboy from the barrio, a young boxer whose world is shattered forever the night he is summoned to his mother's deathbed. He learns he is the son of an unknown Mexican man - a man he is desperately compelled to find. His quest will bring him in contact with many unpleasant characters.
- ISBN13 9780826340597
- Publish Date 28 February 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of New Mexico Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 280
- Language English