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| Bodega Dreams |
Nominated ISBN: 0375705899 |
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| Ernesto Quiñonez | ||
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Multnomah County Library, Portland, U.S.A Cleveland
Public Library, Cleveland, U.S.A |
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ABOUT THE
BOOK
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The
word is out in Spanish Harlem: Willie Bodega is king. Need college tuition
of your daughter? Start-up funds for your fruit stand? Bodega can help.
He gives everyone a leg up, in exchange for loyalty and a steady income
from the drugs he pushes.
Lyric, inspired and darkly funny, Bodega Dreams evokes the trials of Chino, a smart, promising young man to whom Bodega turns for a favour. Chino is drawn to Bodega's street-smart idealism, but soon finds himself in over his head, navigating an underworld of switchblade tempers, turncoat morality and murder. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
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Ernesto
Quiñonez
studied writing at The City College of New York. Bodega Dreams
is his first novel. He currently teaches bilingual fourth grade in the
New York public school system and is at work on his second novel. He lives
in New York City.
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