{"product_id":"zootsuit-murders-isbn-9780679733966","title":"Zoot-Suit Murders","description":"It's the tumultuous days of World War II and from the mean streets of the Los Angeles barrio to the mansions of the Hollywood Hills the atmosphere is choked with tension. Nathan Younger, an undercover agent, is investigating the brutal murder of two FBI men and the infiltration of zoot-suit gangs by fascists when he crosses paths with Kathleen La Rue, a beautiful apostle of a bizarre religious cult. The search for the killers leads these two improbable lovers along a dangerous trail of heroin pushers, movie stars, and fanatical politicians. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike his lavishly praised novels \u003ci\u003eRabbit Boss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMile Zero\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Sanchez's \u003ci\u003eZoot-Suit Murders\u003c\/i\u003e combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot.\"Powerful fiction...a vivid tale of political intrigue and romance by a master of pictorial detail.\" -- \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eZoot-Suit Murders \u003c\/i\u003ematches the best of the war novels in its execution, and may be the best of the home-front novels of World War II....The novel alternates between intimacy and sweep, a cinematic quality similar to that of Chinatown, an excellent, near-Hitchcockian technique.\" -- Robert Kirsch, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deeply political book told in hauntingly lyrical prose.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A master writer.\" --\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Haunting ... Sanchez is a writer of sensitivity and power.\"--\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The no-nonsense tension present in the best of thrillers...Sanchez brings the novel to an unexpected and shocking climax.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Sanchez is] a writer of enourmous gifts.\" --\u003ci\u003eCleveland Plain Dealer \u003c\/i\u003eThomas Sanchez lived for many years in Key West, Mallorca, and Paris, where the French Republic awarded him the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres. He currently resides in Key West. He is the author of \u003cb\u003eKing Bongo\u003c\/b\u003e,\u003cb\u003e Mile Zero\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eDay\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eof the Bees\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eZoot-Suit Murders\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e Rabbit Boss\u003c\/b\u003e, which was named by the\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the most important books of the twentieth century.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302287298789,"sku":"NP9780679733966","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679733966.jpg?v=1767744891","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/zootsuit-murders-isbn-9780679733966","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}