| Description |
xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
First published as El Niño de Hollywood, ©Debate 2018. |
| Summary |
"As a boy, Miguel Angel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US-bred gangsters, whose violence-in concert with corrupt offiicals-have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees. The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Oscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes, Martinez and his anthropologist brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death-and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth." -- (Source of summary not specified). |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish. |
| Subject |
Tobar, Miguel Ángel, -2014.
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MS-13 (Gang)
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Gang members -- El Salvador -- Biography.
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Gangs -- El Salvador.
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Violence -- El Salvador.
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United States -- Relations -- El Salvador.
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El Salvador -- Relations -- United States.
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MS-13 (Gang) (OCoLC)fst01787701
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Gang members. (OCoLC)fst00937672
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Gangs. (OCoLC)fst00937695
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El Salvador. (OCoLC)fst01205530
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Martínez D', Juan José, author.
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Washington, John (Translator), translator.
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Ugaz, Daniela Maria, translator.
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Translation of: Martínez, Óscar (Óscar Enrique).
Niño de Hollywood. English.
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| Added Title |
Niño de Hollywood. English
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| ISBN |
9781786634931 hardcover |
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1786634937 hardcover |
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9781786634924 (US e-book) |
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9781788738149 |
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9781786634917 (UK e-book) |
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1788738144 |
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