{"product_id":"skin-deep-paperback-6","title":"Skin Deep - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuy Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator of \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is David Loya, a second generation Chicano from the East L.A. barrio. With a degree from Harvard Law School he is a rising star in a major New York law firm. He returns to L.A. in response to an urgent request from a Harvard friend to find a missing illegal Mexican named Josefina Juarez. David's search for Juarez takes him deep into the barrio where the mystery of her fate upends his world and forces him to confront long-buried questions about family, love, friendship, and his own identity. \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about coming of age in the new America, a place in which races and cultures have not so much melded as collided and in which no identity is secure. Garcia chronicles this new urban landscape with acuity and informed sympathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarcia tells a good story. But in \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e he takes the 'Chicano novel' out of the barrio to where it has never been before. Here is a novel about two sides of town--and the life that moves between them. \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about a soul in the modern city.--Richard Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exciting, beautifully paced contemporary novel that is at the same time faithful to its origins, burdened by its past, and dramatically aware of its own cultural options.--Carlos Fuentes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGarcia tells a good story. But in \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e he takes the 'Chicano novel' out of the barrio to where it has never been before. Here is a novel about two sides of town--and the life that moves between them. \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel about a soul in the modern city.--Richard Rodriguez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An exciting, beautifully paced contemporary novel that is at the same time faithful to its origins, burdened by its past, and dramatically aware of its own cultural options.\"--Carlos Fuentes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuy Garcia\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Los Angeles and attended the University of California at Berkeley. The author of the novel \u003ci\u003eObsidian Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, he is a contributor to the fiction anthologies \u003ci\u003eIguana Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePieces of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.53 x 8.14 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724297506879,"sku":"9780520208360","price":51.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8815122ee0f6532a8b45f360409706a4.webp?v=1765102194","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/skin-deep-paperback-6","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}