| Chango's Fire Contributor(s): Quinonez, Ernesto (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060565640 ISBN-13: 9780060565640 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $12.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: From the critically acclaimed author of "Bodega Dreams" comes a striking novel about destiny, curses, urban gentrification, and finding true love in the most unlikely of places. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Romance - Suspense - Fiction | Crime |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: In New York City's Spanish Harlem, Julio and Maritza are each searching for a path that will give their lives meaning, even if it's shadowed by controversy. Julio is an arsonist for hire, pocketing thousands of dollars from investors eager to capitalize on more expensive real estate. But when he has reason to stop setting his neighborhood ablaze and vows to change his ways, Julio's employers threaten his life -- and the lives of those close to him. Maritza, meanwhile, has become the pastor of a progressive Pentecostal church -- the perfect cover for the scam she's running. For the right price, she'll make anyone an American citizen. With a cast of characters as colorful as the city itself, Ernesto Qui onez brings to life a landscape we can all recognize. |
Contributor Bio(s): Quinonez, Ernesto: - Ernesto Quiñonez is the author of Bodega Dreams, which was chosen as a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers title as well as a Borders Bookstore Original New Voice selection. He lives in Harlem. |