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EXCERPT: LAY YOUR SLEEPING HEAD BY MICHAEL NAVA

NEW! Every Wednesday The Latina Book Club will feature excerpts from exciting novels by Latino authors. Happy reading! LAY YOUR SLEEPING HEAD A Henry Rios Mystery Novel Korima Press December 2016 Thirty years ago, THE LITTLEDEATH introduced Henry Rios, a gay, Latino criminal defense lawyer who became the central figure in a celebrated seven novel series. LAY YOUR SLEEPING HEAD is a brilliant reimagination of that first crime novel by its author Michael Nava. It’s coming out in December, just in time to make a great holiday gift. Hint. Hint. EXCERPT: I stood in the sally port until the steel door lurched back with a clang and then stepped into the jail. A sign ordered prisoners to proceed no further; an emphatic STOP was scrawled beneath the printed message. I looked up at the mirror above the sign where I saw a slender, olive-skinned, dark-haired man in a wrinkled seersucker suit. I adjusted the knot in my tie. A television camera recorded the ge...

REVIEW & GIVEAWAY: THE CITY OF PALACES by Michael Nava

  We continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month .   This week we are giving away an ebook copy of THE CITY OF PALACES by Michael Nava.   Enter to win by leaving a comment below and/ or by posting our hashtag on Twitter, #amreadingwiththelatinabookclub .  Winner will be announced next Monday.  And, look for more prizes every week during this special month. A man must live his life in service of something. Without a cause, existence is pointless.   Whatever the stupid Christians may believe, the real hell is a life without purpose or meaning. -- Rodrigo Sarmiento THE CITY OF PALACES is the first book in a new series by this gifted writer.   It's beautiful written, with strong engaging characters, rich narrative and astounding imagery.   Michael Nava has written a majestic, sweeping saga of a family, of a country.   Readers will be intrigued and captivated by the many contrasts within -- beauty and scars, grandeur and squalor, c...