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Starred Review on September 1, 2014 | Fiction
Immigration from Latin America continues to be a hot-button issue, and Vaillant rips his riveting first novel's story from the headlines. Fifteen illegal immigrants from Oaxaca and further south are trapped in a water truck in the desert near Tucson. The truck, which broke down, has been welded shut and abandoned by the coyotes who were paid to get the passengers to the United States. Using his injured friend Cesar's cellphone, Hector Lázaro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More