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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1989
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • The author is joined by a retired narcotics cop as they investigate the assassination of a drug dealer and hit man outside Tucson, Arizona.One of Charles Bowden’s earliest books, Red Line powerfully conveys a desert civilization careening over the ...



  • “A dark, troubling vision of life in the desert, defined broadly; of mountain lions and drug kingpins, Mexican hopes and Indian feuds.” -- Los Angeles Times

    “In these powerful epic tales of the Sonora Desert, Bowden peoples...



  • Through stark observations and visceral experiences, Blood Orchid begins Charles Bowden’s dizzying excavation of the brutal, systemic violence and corruption at the roots of American society. Like a nightmarish fever dream that turns out to be our ...



  • The author of Murder City and Down by the River reflects on the destructive nature of American culture.Cultivated from the fierce ideas seeded in Blood Orchid, Blues for Cannibals is an elegiac reflection on death, pain, and a wavering confidence in ...



  • The third book in Charles Bowden’s “accidental trilogy” that began with Blood Orchid and Blues for Cannibals, Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing attempts to resolve the overarching question: “How can a person live a moral life in a culture ...



  • “On a bend, I will see it, a piece of ground off to the side. I will know the feel of this place: the leaves stir slowly on the trees, dry air smells like dust, birds dart and the trails are made by beasts living free.”

    When award-winnin...



  • When Charles Bowden died in 2014, he left behind an archive of unpublished manuscripts. Jericho marks the fifth installment in his venerable “Unnatural History of America” sextet. In it he invokes the cycles of destruction and rebirt...



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    Praise for Mezcal:

    ""Mezcal is also a lyrical meditation upon the ultimate strength of the land, specifically the desert Southwest, and how that land prevails and endures despite every effort of modern industry and development to rape and s...






Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Charles Bowden has published 9 books.

Charles Bowden does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Down by the River, was published in May 2023.

The first book by Charles Bowden, Red Line, was published in October 1989.

No. Charles Bowden does not write books in series.