My brother's gun
By: Ray Loriga ; translated by Kristina Cordero
Contributors: Cordero, Kristina, 1971-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
Subjects: Juvenile delinquents; Mass media and culture; Murder; Fiction; Brothers
Work titles: Caídos del cielo
Description: When the eldest son of an attractive family inexplicably kills a security guard and promptly takes flight, the brother and mother he leaves behind are not - as might be expected - ostracized. Instead the insatiable media celebrate their plight, transfixed by their misfortune. They become media darlings. When the second murder occurs, they are full-fledged stars.

The issues of life and death, ethics and morality, notoriety and anonymity - all are deconstructed and rebuilt in the form of a brilliant narrative that portrays our society's obsession with fame.