The Devil, Delfina Varela & the used Chevy
Subtitle: which examines Delfina Varela's puzzling pact with the Devil, the plaintive love story of Ruiz Lopez Mondragon, and the doomed Hispanic political dream of Manuel Caballos
By: Louie Garcia Robinson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Mexican Americans -- Fiction; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Fiction
Other titles: Devil, Delfina Varela, and the used Chevy.
Description: "Meet the residents of San Francisco's Mission District - Latinos determined to carve off a slice of the American Dream."--BOOK JACKET. "For Ruy Lopez, a humble gardener, that means having the love affair of his life with an elusive Anglo beauty."--BOOK JACKET. "For Manny Caballos, a beer and corn-husk distributor, it means fulfilling his lifelong goal of seeing a charismatic Mexican-American - a Latino JFK - elected to high office."--BOOK JACKET. "...And for Delfina Varela, an aging, luckless widow who has repented for sins she never committed every day of her life, it means owning a car - even if it's just a used Chevy, and even if she has to sell her soul to the Devil to get it."--BOOK JACKET. "With a keen eye for the realities and the absurdities of life, Louie Garcia Robinson presents an uproarious portrait of a close-knit Mexican-American community. No one will be able to resist this whimsical comic novel by a marvelous new talent."--BOOK JACKET.