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***Bookpeople***603 N. Lamar***Austin, TX***Friday night reading @ 7 PM...more

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***june 9***san jose convention center*** 12:30-1:30***"past sense" salon with James D. Houston, Sandy Tolan, and moderator Jim Foster***...more

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***5 May 2007***Books Inc @ Opera Plaza***6-8 p.m. and beyond***featuring tacos de alambre, agave nectar margaritas, and the one and only Virgin's Guide to Mexico*** more

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"Part bildungs-road novel, part family saga and part identity lit, Martin's third novel is all heart..."more

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The Virgin's Guide to Mexico is a novel about...well, it's hard to explain exactly. But you can read some things people have said about it here. Or you can buy it real cheap at at Amazon or find it at your library or borrow it from a friend and see for yourself.

Esquire
"Introducing your next summer beach book...fast-paced strangeness gives the novel a fluid, cinematic feel...Witches, wild boars, crowded Mexican bars -- finally, a guidebook that tells you how to experience the real Mexico."

Bookslut
"A portrait of the artist as a young mexicana, and it’s a thrilling one...possesses magic, moments that pop out of the page..."

Publishers Weekly
"A winning torrent of observations...Part bildungs-road novel, part family saga and part identity lit, Martin's third novel is all heart."

Luis Alberto Urrea
"A startling book....vivid to the point of hallucination...very cool stuff indeed."

The First Line
She has never been in a bus station before.

Last Word
Curb.

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