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Caramba! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780385721523)
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Nina Marie Martinez
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xAn "absurdly entertaining first novel" (Los Angeles Times) about mamacitas and mariachis, fiestas and tupperware parties, rodeos and Miss Magma beauty contests. "Endlessly inventive ... very funny. Martinez's deadpan perspective on faith, romance and the uneasy bonds of family is truly wonderful." --The Washington Post Book World
Natalie and Consuelo are like-minded individuals who live in Lava Landing, California. When they aren't working at The Big Cheese Plant, they get all dolled up for the racetrack, or go for at a tequila float at The Big Five Four. They urgently need to get Consuelo's father out of Purgatory: he won't stop turning up in women's dreams until they do. But that means a trip to Mexico, and Consuelo still hasn't gotten over her fear of long car rides.... In this touching and dazzling fresh novel, inspired by La Loter'a, a Mexican game of chance not unlike bingo, the American experience emerges in a brilliant new language and landscape.
Author: Nina Marie Martinez
ISBN-10: 0385721528
ISBN-13: 9780385721523
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2005
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 62
Natalie and Consuelo are like-minded individuals who live in Lava Landing, California. When they aren't working at The Big Cheese Plant, they get all dolled up for the racetrack, or go for at a tequila float at The Big Five Four. They urgently need to get Consuelo's father out of Purgatory: he won't stop turning up in women's dreams until they do. But that means a trip to Mexico, and Consuelo still hasn't gotten over her fear of long car rides.... In this touching and dazzling fresh novel, inspired by La Loter'a, a Mexican game of chance not unlike bingo, the American experience emerges in a brilliant new language and landscape.
Author: Nina Marie Martinez
ISBN-10: 0385721528
ISBN-13: 9780385721523
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 09/13/2005
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.32w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 09/01/2005 pg. 62
By Nina Marie Martinez
xNINA MARIE MARTINEZ was born in San José, California to a first generation Mexican-American father, and an American mother of Germanic descent. A high school dropout, she holds a Bachelors degree in literature from the University of California at Santa Cruz. In addition to writing novels, she is also a vintage clothes enthusiast and dealer and an avid baseball fan. She currently resides in Northern California where she is at work on her second novel.
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