| The Defining Sea Contributor(s): Friedman, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1620060086 ISBN-13: 9781620060087 Publisher: Brown Posey Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Crime |
| Series: Puerto Rico Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6" W x 9" (0.54 lbs) 162 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Crime, corruption, and colonialism--as well as compassion, survival, and dark humor--are woven into The Puerto Rico Trilogy, which consists of three separate character-driven novels that focus on the Caribbean island and its complex political and social relationship with the U.S. The Defining Sea. book two, was also sparked by U.S.-Puerto Rico history. Its plot is derived from the U.S, Navy's decades-long live fire and bombing exercises on the inhabited offshore Puerto Rico island of Vieques, which caused death and serious illness. The story told concerns a 20-year-old University of Puerto Rico student who delivers drugs between the island and the states to raise money for a scholarship that will be named after his girlfriend, killed by police during a protest against the Navy's maneuvers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friedman, Robert: - Robert Friedman was born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y, and spent more than 20 years living in Puerto Rico and working for the English-language San Juan Star. as well as a special correspondent for the New York Daily News. He was Washington correspondent for the Puerto Rico newspaper and has had five novels published. Friedman lives outside the nation's capital, in Silver Spring, Md. |
