{"product_id":"the-sinaloa-story-isbn-9781583226766","title":"The Sinaloa Story","description":"The Sinaloa Story tells of DelRay Mudo and Ava Varazo, two down-and-outs looking for a reasonable life and maybe even a little redemption in a corrupt and violent world. Ava is a Mexican prostitute, beautiful and no victim of circumstance. When DelRay falls in love with her at the drive-in whorehouse where she is the prize, she seizes the chance to break free. They take off for Sinaloa ,Texas, the lone-dog state where \"nothin’ good ever happens.\" The far-out border flunkies they meet — Thankful Priest, the one-eyed former football player; Indio Desacato, Ava’s pimp and a small-town racketeer; Arkadelphia Quantrill Smith, an octogenarian whose father marched with Shelby in the Iron Brigade; and many others — fill out the sinister and electrifying ride.\"Breathtaking, tire-squealing, rubber-burning . . . \u003ci\u003eSinaloa\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Barry Giffor'd freshest and most thrilling, a book of truly dark beauty.” \u003cb\u003e–Jonathan Lethem, author of T\u003ci\u003ehe Fortress of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A palpable sense of toughened nostalgia wafts through the pages. . . . Gifford provides . . . ecstatic highs.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of more than forty works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, which have been translated into over twenty-five languages, \u003cb\u003eBARRY GIFFORD \u003c\/b\u003ewrites distinctly American stories for readers around the globe. From screenplays and librettos to his acclaimed Sailor and Lula novels, Gifford’s writing is as distinctive as it is difficult to classify. Born in the Seneca Hotel on Chicago’s Near North Side, he relocated in his adolescence to New Orleans. The move proved significant: throughout his career, Gifford’s fiction—part-noir, part-picaresque, always entertaining—is born of the clash between what he has referred to as his “Northern Side” and “Southern Side.” Gifford has been recipient of awards from PEN, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Library Association, the Writers Guild of America and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation. His novel \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into the 1990 Palme d’Or-winning film of the same name. Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seven Stories Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302637621477,"sku":"NP9781583226766","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781583226766.jpg?v=1767741523","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-sinaloa-story-isbn-9781583226766","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}