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Life in the damn tropics
a novel
By Unger, David
- ISBN
- 978-0-81560-737-3
- Publisher
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2002.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2002
Marcos Eltaleph, the middle-aged narrator-hero of Unger's first novel, is always the odd man out. He is the middle brother in a family of Guatemalan Jews, an honest man surviving in a venal dictatorship, and a womanizing bachelor in a family that respects marriage and the work ethic. As Marcos ponders his dilemmas should he marry Esperanza, a former prostitute from Colombi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
