The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutierrez - Softcover

Breslin, Jimmy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1400046823 ISBN 13: 9781400046829

Publisher: Three Rivers Pr, 2003

Synopsis

A portrait of Eduardo Gutiérrez, an illegal immigrant worker in the U.S. hoping to secure a better future for himself and his would-be wife in Mexico, describes his tragic accidental death in November 1999 at a Brooklyn construction site, in a hard-hitting study of corruption, bad politics, and indifference to the lives and deaths of people who do not count. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

JIMMY BRESLIN has been writing a syndicated newspaper column for more than forty years. He is the author of The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight and, most recently, the novel I Don’t Want to Go to Jail. He lives in New York City.
From the Hardcover edition.

From the Inside Flap:

ort Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez is a towering achievement by one of America’s most respected journalists. A work of conscience that travels from San Matías Cuatchatyotla, a small, dusty town in central Mexico, to the cold and wet streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this searing exposé chronicles the life and tragic death of an undocumented worker, along with broader issues of municipal corruption and America’s deadly and controversial border policy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1400046823
• ISBN 13: 9781400046829
• Binding: Paperback