| Bodega Dreams Contributor(s): Quiñonez, Ernesto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375705899 ISBN-13: 9780375705892 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: The word is out in Spanish Harlem: 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 for loyalty -- and a steady income from the drugs he pushes. Lyric, inspired, and darkly funny, this powerful debut novel brilliantly evokes the trials 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 in over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality, and murder. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Urban |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99033380 |
| Lexile Measure: 740 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.18" W x 8" (0.45 lbs) 226 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Chicano - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Geographic Orientation - New York - Catalog Heading - Language Arts - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts - Locality - New York, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 Qui onez] tells has energy and verve. --The New York Times Book Review |