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| Genre/Form: | Fiction |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gilb, Dagoberto, 1950- Magic of blood. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993 (OCoLC)624409408 |
| Material Type: | Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dagoberto Gilb |
| ISBN: | 0826314368 9780826314369 |
| OCLC Number: | 27937473 |
| Description: | ix, 287 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Look on the Bright Side -- The Death Mask of Pancho Villa -- Nancy Flores -- I Danced with the Prettiest Girl -- The Magic of Blood -- Al, in Phoenix -- Romero's Shirt -- Churchgoers -- Something Foolish -- The Prize -- Truck -- Where the Sun Don't Shine -- Parking Places -- Recipe -- Photographs Near a Rolls Royce -- The Desperado -- Down in the West Texas Town -- Love in L.A. -- Winners on the Pass Line -- The Senora -- Ballad -- The Rat -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Was a Democrat -- Hollywood! -- Vic Damone's Music -- Getting a Job in Dell City. |
| Responsibility: | Dagoberto Gilb. |
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Abstract:
In this dynamic collection of short stories, including eight from Winners on the Pass Line (1985), Dagoberto Gilb captures the texture of the Southwest's working class in clear, ironic, and bitingly realistic fiction about regular people going about their complex lives.
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