Drowning Tucson

"Morales wrestles with nothing less than the parameters of the human soul."--Luis Alberto Urrea"You will not forget Drowning Tucson. The characters will haunt you, and even after you know the stories are getting to you, you won't be able to stop reading this book." --Leslie Marmon SilkoSet in Tucson's toughest neighborhoods during the late 1980s, this riveting debut follows the disintegration of the Nunez family and the people whose paths they cross. From young gangbangers to crooked cops, and from murderous vigilantes to prostitutes plying their trade along the "Miracle Mile," each character's destiny is linked by crushing poverty, the brutal codes of the street, and the harsh nature of the desert. In this place of both drought and flood, "civilization" is every bit as dangerous as its surroundings. Like a southwest version of HBO's The Wire, this heartrending novel is an episodic portrait of a desperate, violent America, populated by characters as lethal as they are sympathetic.