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I'm Still Here
Potter Wickware. Rolling Circle Press, $14.99 paper (382p) ISBN 978-1-4949-7506-7
Wickware's urban fable of Central American refugees suffering political hypocrisy and cultural persecution suffers from scant dramatic tension. Taken in by guerillas after surviving a death squad killing in El Salvador, young Eliazar (aka Loco) finds refuge in a brothel and then an old school before catching a train to L.A., where he becomes an ambitious gang leader. Sparks fly and cultures collide when Loco meets Rosanna Castaneda, the deputy district attorney's daughter, who eventually follows him to El Salvador after he is deported. Waickware's narrative is lethargic, with static characters—many of whom are little more than caricatures. Rich descriptions and appropriate details reflect the author's research into gang life in El Salvador and Los Angeles, but accuracy isn't enough to enliven the otherwise torpid plot.

Reviewed by Publishers Weekly on 05/23/2014

Release date 11/01/2013

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