The Bullet Swallower: a novel
Billed as magical realism, and or a history, it is a twisted tale drawn of (my) borderlands.
This is, in a way, personal for me. Two parts, one, where I’ve spent the better part of two or more decades bouncing between Central Texas and the borderlands themselves, mostly El Paso but other spots, as well. Then, too, is the suggestion that San Antonio is a border town, of sorts, merely a hundred miles from old Mexico. The other portion, the author is from “here,” but now lives in MA, according to the blurb. Ex-pat, and distance makes the heart miss what’s not there.
The Bullet Swallower: a novel
The author’s afterword suggested it was a true story built on family myth.
Engaging tale, weird, and to me, comforting in that family curses can be lifted, or, despite what current events suggest? Right might triumph yet.
Trenchant wit, high-class writing. Smooth, too. Like a really good Mole sauce, rich, thick, brown, and hides the heat until later. So very good.
The Bullet Swallower: a novel
“True story,” ask Bubba about that.
