Rio Grande, Bravo... and Bloody: Narcotraffic, Violence and Frontier in Ask a Policeman, by Chicano Novelist Rolando Hinojosa
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Literature, Narcotraffic, Frontier, Chicanos, Mexico, United StatesAbstract
In his detective novel Ask a Policeman (1998), and within the framework of the recently-emerged subgenre of narcoliterature, prestigious Chicano author Rolando Hinojosa explores not only the extreme violence and sadism which characterize such a criminal underworld, but also other topics such as the reality of the Chicano community nowadays, the current significance of the Mexico-US frontier, together with the interaction between the Spanish-speaking communities on both sides of the border.
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