The Tombstone Race: Stories by José Skinner

By José Skinner

accused of murder reveals little aid from his relatives or group. a lady in a conservative city needs to locate how one can defend her homosexual brother from their militaristic mom. A graduate scholar discovers that his learn has been stolen, most likely by means of an identical highway gang he has been learning. A former police officer, fired for capturing a deranged guy, patrols his personal local. Set in locations as various as citadel Sumner, Taos, Chimayó, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Clovis, the fourteen tales within the Tombstone Race discover the remarkable connections and disjunctions among wealthy and terrible, city and rural, outdated and new, grotesque and gorgeous. established partially at the author’s reviews as a Spanish/English interpreter within the felony courts of latest Mexico, Skinner’s tales navigate the state’s altering cultures with humor and heart.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
José Skinner is the writer of Flight and different tales, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the previous director of the MFA application in inventive writing on the collage of Texas–Pan American. He lives in Austin, Texas.

ACCLAIM
“With verisimilitude, compassion, and a stunning volume of the Aristocracy, Skinner navigates the suggest streets of latest Mexico with crafty and grace.” -- Kirkus Reviews

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