I looked through the archives and Mr. Lankford, five years
ago, gave a great review of DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (1997). Mr.
Taboada liked it and said DARK RIDE (1996) was a must read.
Harrington's been talked about a few times since then, not
much, but always ranked highly. I'm going to get more of his
stuff. DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is febrile insanity. It's about
Vincent Calhoun, a DEA agent who started smuggling immigrants
into California from Tijuana. Most of the book takes place on
the Day of the Dead, from early in the morning to late at
night, and it's the worst goddamned day you can imagine. I
won't give much away if I tell you one scene takes place
while Calhoun, pumped to almost exploding on horse uppers,
bleeding from his eyes and ears, pushes a five-hundred pound
man through the worst neighbourhood in Tijuana on a
refrigerator dolly.
This was a great way to start off my 1990s reading.
Bill
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