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Zero Saints
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Wow, this book packs a LOT of punch into its pages.
Billed as a 'barrio noir,' I think that term hits pretty close. There are lots of passages en Español in here. Now me personally, I took a couple of years of Spanish in high school, so I was able to figure out maybe 50% of the non-English parts. But you know what? You don't really need to understand Spanish to suss out what's being said. Context, context, context, amigos. You can tell where someone's saying someone else is a douche, or someone's praying to a saint, or someone's pining for some authentic grub.
I personally thought that this novella (novelito?) was extremely well-written, and it comes with a few twists and genre-flavorings that I did not at all expect.
Billed as a 'barrio noir,' I think that term hits pretty close. There are lots of passages en Español in here. Now me personally, I took a couple of years of Spanish in high school, so I was able to figure out maybe 50% of the non-English parts. But you know what? You don't really need to understand Spanish to suss out what's being said. Context, context, context, amigos. You can tell where someone's saying someone else is a douche, or someone's praying to a saint, or someone's pining for some authentic grub.
I personally thought that this novella (novelito?) was extremely well-written, and it comes with a few twists and genre-flavorings that I did not at all expect.
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June 12, 2017
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June 14, 2017
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