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      The Last Flight of Jose Luis Balboa

      by Gonzalo Barr
      Published
      Aug 2006
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      208
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      About This Book

      "Captivating" short stories set in vibrant, multicultural Miami (Julia Alvarez, author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents).

       


      This collection of short fiction, a winner of the Bakeless Prize, captures the international hub city of Miami, Florida, in all its roiling guises—from the opulence of South Beach to the ferocity of Little Havana.


       


      Introducing us to a wide range of unforgettable characters—an unscrupulous newscaster, a Lincoln Road bar manager, a beautiful but cruel teenage heartbreaker, and the title character, a suicidal Latin pop star—in situations that teem with humor and brutality, absurdity and poignancy, this remarkable debut offers a vivid portrait of a city defined by a blur of cultures.


       


      "Engaging, funny, highly enjoyable . . . These stories draw you in." —Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer

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      First Edition Aug 2006 Mariner ISBN13 9780618658862 ISBN10 0618658866
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      Sep 2006 Houghton Mifflin ISBN13 9780547346489 ISBN10 0547346484
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      Sep 2006 Houghton Mifflin ISBN10 B003UEQNYK
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