American son
Subtitle: a novel
By: Brian Ascalon Roley.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Filipino Americans -- Fiction.; Mothers and sons -- Fiction.; Immigrants -- Fiction.; Young men -- Fiction.; Gangsters -- Fiction.; Brothers -- Fiction.; California -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "American Son is the story of two Filipino brothers adrift in contemporary California. The older brother, Tomas, fashions himself into a Mexican gangster and breeds pricey attack dogs, which he trains in German and sells to Hollywood celebrities. The narrator is younger brother Gabe, who tries to avoid the tar pit of Tomas's waywardness, yet moves ever closer to embracing it.

Their mother, who moved to America to escape the caste system of Manila and is now divorced from their American father, struggles to keep her sons in line while working two dead-end jobs. When Gabe runs away, he brings shame and unforeseen consequences to the family."--BOOK JACKET.