| Zoot-Suit Murders Contributor(s): Sanchez, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0679733965 ISBN-13: 9780679733966 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1991 Annotation: Like his lavishly praised novels Rabbit Boss and Mile Zero, Thomas Sanchez's Zoot-Suit Murders combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 90055670 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.52" W x 8.52" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It's the tumultuous days of World War II and from the mean streets of the Los Angeles barrio to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills the atmosphere is choked with tension. Nathan Younger, an undercover agent, is investigating the brutal murder of two FBI men and the infiltration of zoot-suit gangs by fascists when he crosses paths with Kathleen La Rue, a beautiful apostle of a bizarre religious cult. The search for the killers leads these two improbable lovers along a dangerous trail of heroin pushers, movie stars, and fanatical politicians. Like his lavishly praised novels Rabbit Boss and Mile Zero, Thomas Sanchez's Zoot-Suit Murders combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot. |