Alburquerque: A Novel

Alburquerque: A Novel

<DIV><B>From the bestselling author of <I>Bless Me, Ultima</I>, the absorbing story of an adopted Mexican-American boxing champion’s quest for identity.</B><BR /><BR /> Abrán González always knew he was different. Called a coyote because of his fair skin, the kid from Barelas found escape through boxing and became one of the youngest Golden Gloves champs.<BR />  <BR /> But the arrival of a letter from a dying woman turns his entire life into a lie. The revelation that he was adopted makes him feel like an orphan and sends him on a quest to find his birth father.<BR />  <BR /> With the help of his girlfriend, Lucinda, and Joe, a Vietnam veteran, Abrán begins a journey that hurls him from the barrio into a world of greed and political corruption spearheaded by Abrán’s manager, Frank Dominic, a con artist running for mayor with visions of building El Dorado on the Rio Grande.<BR />  <BR /> Rich in spirituality, and taking its title from the original spelling of the city’s name, <I>Alburquerque</I> casts a light on the importance of ancestry while cutting across class and ethnic lines to tell a story of hope and displacement, love and regret, and the power of identity.<BR />  </DIV>