Zigzagger: Stories (Latino Voices)
Gay young Latinos are at the center of this quiet, passionate collection in the Latino Voices series. Some of the best stories are about family secrets, but it's not the usual shame-about-coming-out stuff. In "Good as Yesterday," a young woman drives her teenage brother to the detention center to visit the man who has had sex with them both, and it's her nurturing of her brother that's the strongest bond. In "By the Time You Get There, by the Time You Get Back," a man in L.A. must beg money from his successful gay son to travel back home to Mexico to visit a dying relative: Will the father repeat the lies he always tells in Mexico about his son's beautiful Anglo wife? Several stories are sharp vignettes about class: "Hombres" contrasts a desperate young waiter with the privileged diners who flirt with him. Sometimes the meditative detail goes on too long, but Munoz brings you very close to border crossings in family and community.Hazel RochmanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.