“It was God at his most blessed who
gave you this.” He touched his head. “So you would know what is right. It was
God at his most blessed who gave you this.” And he touched his heart. “So you
could feel what is right. And it was God who gave you these,” he grabbed his
crotch again, “so you would have the fuckin’ cojones to do what is right even
if it means your own death. That is God’s holy trinity on earth. And if you do
not live by that you are just useless pockets—”
A cynical,
violent and gorgeously written novel positioned during the onset of the Mexican
Revolution. Author, Boston Teran, gives us a father-son duo who also serve as
the antagonist-protagonist—with the father “Rawbone” spouting some of the juiciest
dialogue I’ve read in some time.
Teran draws
parallels between the Mexican Revolution and who might really have been behind its
inception and todays roil and turmoil in the world. Whether one agrees with the
politics or not is irrelevant as the novel itself is a treat.
Fans of
James Carlos Blake and Frank O’Rourke will find much to appreciate here.
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