The Silver Cloud Cafe
Fans of the deadpan darkness ofRaymond Chandlerwho are also interested in the magic realism ofGabriel García M´rquezshould enjoy this unusual but highly effective mixture of both styles by the author ofLa Maravilla. Born into a family of migrant workers in Arizona, Alfredo Véa Jr. was a soldier in Vietnam and put himself through law school by working at a series of grueling jobs. That background plays a part in this intriguing story set in the Hispanic underworld of San Francisco's Mission District, where two killings 40 years apart are linked by chains of blood and history.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.