Zoot-Suit Murders
- ISBN-10
- 0307498956
- ISBN-13
- 9780307498953
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 240
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-07-01
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Thomas Sanchez
Description
Like his lavishly praised novels Rabbit Boss and Mile Zero, Thomas Sanchez's Zoot-Suit Murders combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot.
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