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Genre/Form: | Magic realism (Literature) |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Orlando Ortega-Medina |
ISBN: | 1838045104 9781838045104 |
OCLC Number: | 1153308040 |
Description: | 220 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | Orlando Ortega-Medina. |
Abstract:
LA street artist Virgilio believes it his mission to save the down-and-outers in his neighborhood. But when he crosses paths with an alluring art collector with plans to promote him, Virgilio is tempted to abandon his friends. That is, until he discovers her father funds organized crime in his neighbourhood and aims to raze it for redevelopment.
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"Gritty and unexpected...The Savior of 6th Street is Orlando Ortega-Medina's lucid and engrossing new novel about a man who grows up in Los Angeles's dark, 1980s underworld" -Foreword Reviews

