Mañana
A Novel
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The life of an American hippie in Mexico is upended by a gang of ex-cons in this thriller full of “wild surprises” (Carl Hiaasen).
All Tod remembers when he wakes up next to a dead prostitute is that he had his first shot of heroin the night before. He and his wife, Linda, were partying with their new neighbors, a trio of parole violators who fled to Mexico after robbing a Beverly Hills jewelry store. Now the place is empty, stripped clean except for Tod’s hunting knife, which is covered in blood. Did he kill the woman, or was he left behind as the fall guy? Convinced that his junkie friends abducted Linda to keep her from talking to the police, Tod buys a gun and prepares to do whatever it takes to get his wife back before he makes a run for the border.
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Tod the narrator of this bleak tale set in 1968 by Edgar-finalist Hjortsberg (Falling Angel) and his wife, Linda, have driven from San Francisco to Barra de Navidad in "the cowboy state of Jalisco" on Mexico's west coast, where they rent a cheap duplex near the beach. After a night of drugs and booze, Tod wakes up one morning to find himself covered with blood next to the naked body of a dead prostitute named Frankie. He remembers nothing of what happened, and Linda and their three parole-violator neighbors Skank, Doc, and Nick have all disappeared, along with his money. Tod takes off in his VW microbus in search of his missing spouse and the unsavory trio, in the hope of learning whether Linda left voluntarily and who killed Frankie. Tod's adventures include dealing with a Mexican fixer, drug deals, and cock fights. Hjortsberg nails the road-trip atmosphere, but the sketchy portrayals of the other characters weaken Tod's sordid story.
