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Dinky is the son of an incarcerated drug king and is trying to distance himself from his father's reputation. Jose hasn't got over being dumped by a high-maintenance girlfriend. Together, the two boys are the secret masterminds behind the "Buddha Book," an underground comic book that tells outrageous-but true-tales about their life in the Bronx. Their already turbulent world begins to unravel when Jose, in a fit of rage, murders his ex. With no witnesses, it's a perfect crime, but one that Jose can't live with. Plagued with guilt, he searches for a way to confess. So Dinky and Jose decide to produce one final issue of the "Buddha Book"...
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"American Book Award winner Rodriguez revisits the bleak streets of the South Bronx in this novel of guilt and redemption. Jose, who has murdered his ex-girlfriend in a fit of rage, and Dinky, the son of a drug kingpin, are the creators of an underground comic called The Buddha Book. As the chaos around them escalates, this comic becomes the vehicle for a catharsis, which culminates in an apocalyptic reckoning on the streets of the Bronx."--Philip Santo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, " Library Journal""What a joy to read this book! Rodriguez's writing has never been more accomplished, more lyrical, more trenchant, or more humane. With his alchemist's touch he has transmuted bricks to gold, transformed the quotidian lives of the South Bronx, of its young people, into a lens through which our world may truly be understood. In these pages you will find marvels but also a young man writing with the ferocity of life itself."--Junot Diaz, author of "Drown "
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Abraham Rodriguez is the author of "Spidertown" and a collection of short stories entitled "The Boy Without a Flag," a" New York Time"s Notable Book of the Year in 1993. He is a panel member of The New York State Council on the Arts. He lives in the Bronx, New York.
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- PublisherSt Martin's Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 031226299X
- ISBN 13 9780312262990
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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