{"product_id":"9781796011197","title":"Down South of North","description":"Discharged from the US Army with a head injury sustained in Vietnam during the war era, Edmond Larson takes to wandering in Mexico. One night at a cantina in Veracruz, a pistolero falls dead at Larson's feet, and he is arrested for murder. After escaping jail, he reluctantly joins up with a local girl who has ties to a madman bent on provoking revolution. Ellie's friend Jerry complains that she thinks she's always right. Ellie admits she has a smart mouth and that even at the age of twenty-nine, she often comes off as a cantankerous old biddy. In Ellie's view, people take advantage at the slightest display of weakness. This is the story of how Ellie loses her virginity. Octavio is a street brawler and a thief, though also capable of painful sacrifice for the benefit of a chance acquaintance. An insurance salesman wakes up on a Saturday morning unable to set work aside. His wife objects to his attitude. His son accuses him of going back on his word. Pancho takes a beating every time he enters the boxing ring, but his sister's husband, a former national champion, won't let him quit the fight game. A man lies on a mountainside in the rain. A woman he can't get enough of has just struck him in the head with a rock. Another man bleeds to death on a bridge, with intestines spilling out his abdomen. His killer admonishes him for seducing their patron's young wife. Down South of North comprises ten stories in all. A suicidal roofer, a painter dedicated to her clients in social services while enduring unrequited love, and a taxidermist who discovers a magic pendant in the belly of a forty-pound catfish round out the collection's central characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJames Lannan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eXlibris US\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/b\u003eJan 23, 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e374 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/b\u003e1796011193\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e| \u003cb\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/b\u003e9781796011197\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46701727482161,"sku":"9781796011197","price":36.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/8215\/8385\/files\/9781796011197.jpg?v=1690380863","url":"https:\/\/www.recomparo.com\/es\/products\/9781796011197","provider":"ReComparo.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}