Skin of Tattoos: A Gangland Thriller - Couverture souple

Hoag, Christina

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ISBN 13 : 9798987188729

Editeur : Three Jandals Press, 2022

Synopsis

“A well-crafted and engaging novel… surprisingly nuanced and wholly enjoyable… Hoag summons Mags’ world with remarkable empathy and detail.” — Kirkus Reviews
He survived prison—but the streets want him dead.
A finalist for the Silver Falchion Award for Suspense, Skin of Tattoos is a gritty gangland thriller set in the underworld of Los Angeles.Magdaleno Argueta thought he was done with the Cyco Lokos—the gang that framed him and sent him to prison. But Rico, his old rival, has other plans. The moment Mags steps back onto the streets, he’s dragged into a deadly power struggle where every choice is a trap and every ally could be an enemy.
As the Lokos battle for control and rival gangs close in, Mags must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice: loyalty, freedom, or the last pieces of his soul. Breaking free means risking everything. Staying means dying. Based on real stories from gang warfare in L.A. and San Salvador, Skin of Tattoos is a raw, authentic, and unforgettable portrait of immigrant families fighting to survive in the shadows of the American dream.
Readers praise Skin of Tattoos as “a real page‑turner,” “gut‑wrenching,” and “brilliant,” with a realism that “hits hard and stays with you.”

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Author Christina Hoag is a former journalist who has had her laptop searched by Colombian guerrillas, phone tapped in Venezuela, was suspected of drug trafficking in Guyana, hid under a car to evade Guatemalan soldiers, and posed as a nun to get inside a Caracas jail. She has interviewed gang members, bank robbers, thieves and thugs in prisons, shantytowns and slums, not to forget billionaires and presidents, some of whom fall into the previous categories. Now she writes about such characters in her fiction. Christina's noir crime novel Skin of Tattoos was a finalist for the 2017 Silver Falchion Award for suspense, while her YA novel Girl on the Brink was named one of Suspense Magazine's Best of 2016 for young adults. She also co-authored the nonfiction book, Peace in the Hood: Working with Gang Members to End the Violence, which is used as a textbook at University of California Los Angeles, University of Southern California, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and other academic institutions. She has had numerous short stories, creative nonfiction essays and poems published in literary journals including Shooter (UK), San Antonio Review, Round Table Literary Journal and Lunch Ticket, and won Honorable Mentions for essay and short story in the International Human Rights Arts Festival's Literary Justice 2020 contest and for essay and novel excerpt in the Soul-Making Keats Writing Competition 2020.She's a former staff writer for the Miami Herald and Associated Press and reported from 14 countries around Latin America for Time, Business Week, New York Times, Financial Times, Sunday Times of London, Houston Chronicle and other news outlets. A graduate cum laude of Boston University, she won two prizes from the New Jersey Press Association in her newspaper career. Born in New Zealand, Christina grew up as an expat around the world. She now lives in California, where she has taught creative writing at a maximum-security prison and to at-risk teen girls. She is a regular speaker at women's conferences, writing conferences and organizations, book clubs and stores, and libraries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Three Jandals Press
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798987188729
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 286
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