the virgin's guide to mexico

"Part bildungs-road novel, part family saga and part identity lit, Martin's third novel is all heart." --Publisher's Weekly "Introducing your next summer beach book...fast-paced strangeness gives the novel a fluid, cinematic feel...finally, a guidebook that tells you how to... more

Winners - reviews and other press

"A mystery, set in booming 1990s San Francisco...laced with keen observations...Martin perfectly captures the atmosphere of this bizarre time in all its bloated glory." --San Francisco Chronicle  more

LUCK press

"A wonderful first novel, one rich in characters, places, events and feelings...a marvelously wrought story out of the American heartland, one told with originality, a marvelous style and a generous spirit." --Boston Herald 8.6.00  more