Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, 2003. SIGNED first edition - The third novel by this prize-winner author, and former defense attorney. A gripping legal thriller which tells the story of Gabby Garcia, the son of a Mexican American farm-worker who had become successful as a defense attorney, but also wound up alienated and numb to the world around him. SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 1-55885-3936.