NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 8, 2011
"An intimate portrait of a land, its people and its customs."
FICTION
Released: Jan. 4, 2011
"A compelling novel by one of the masters of contemporary fiction."
A novel of substance about friendship, philosophy and politics set in the "thousand-headed hydra of Mexico City" from the prolific pen of distinguished man of letters Fuentes (
The Death of Artemio Cruz, 2009, etc.).
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 20, 2010
"An impressively rendered, nightmare-inducing account."
NONFICTION
Released: April 22, 2009
"A solid overview of a decidedly difficult time and place, and a lucid introduction for those unfamiliar with Mexican history."
Henderson (History/Auburn Univ., Montgomery;
A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States, 2007, etc.) argues that Mexico's struggle for liberation from Spain that raged from 1810 to 1821 was not a single conflict but many.
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FICTION
Released: June 10, 2008
"Teen angst south-of-the-border: Monroy's debut is most notable for its pungent characterization of Mexico City, where political assassinations and bribery are commonplace in a 12th grader's life."
A bright teenager whose free-spirited Foreign Service worker mother is transferred to Mexico City spends a momentous senior year struggling to find herself at an elite private school.
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FICTION
Released: April 3, 2007
"Jennings is still no threat to Christopher Buckley, and he's a little too long-winded, but amusing."
The heroes from Jennings's whimsical 2005
Nam-A-Rama pop up in mid-1970s Mexico, where the president's life is on the line and the world's prostitutes have revolution on the brain.
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