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Mexican books
InezInez by Carlos Fuentes
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A haunting and elegaic tale that explores the relationship between love and music
The Lawless Roads (Vintage classics)The Lawless Roads (Vintage classics) by Graham Greene
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A factual account of Greene's 1938 trip to Mexico during a turbulent period of anti clerical feeling
Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics)Under the Volcano (Penguin Modern Classics) by Malcolm Lowry
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A nightmare vision of alcoholism in a work that is a true classic of modernism
The Pearl (Steinbeck "Essentials")The Pearl (Steinbeck "Essentials") by John Steinbeck
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Perhaps too simple and too sentimental for many, but a powerful story
The Plumed Serpent (Wordsworth Classics)The Plumed Serpent (Wordsworth Classics) by D.H. Lawrence
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Lawrence leaves Nottingham to get sensual and steamy in a passionate tale that weaves together sex and mythology
Beyond the Mexique Bay (Paladin Books)Beyond the Mexique Bay (Paladin Books) by Aldous Huxley
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Huxley's begrudging and acerbic account of a journey through Mexico and Central America
Like Water for ChocolateLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
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A superbly magical and supernatural tale of lust and cookery!
Esperanza's Box of SaintsEsperanza's Box of Saints by Maria Amparo Escandon
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A consistently charming fairy tale like account of woman's search for her dead child through brothels and bordellos
The Crystal FrontierThe Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes
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An amazing collection of short stories by the master of Mexican fiction
A Visit to Don OtavioA Visit to Don Otavio by Sybille Bedford
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A glimpse into a vanished more sedate Mexico from an accomplished writer
Viva Mexico!: Traveller's Account of Life in MexicoViva Mexico!: Traveller's Account of Life in Mexico by Charles Flandrau
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An account of nineteenth century Mexico from a cynical and wry observer
On Mexican Time: A New Life in San MiguelOn Mexican Time: A New Life in San Miguel by Tony Cohan
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A Year in Provence style account of the entertaining attempts of an American writer to build his house and a new life in the Mexican town of San Miguel
Mornings in MexicoMornings in Mexico by D.H. Lawrence
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Restrained, reflective, contemplative and well paced travel writing from the normally much more excitable Lawrence.
The Night BuffaloThe Night Buffalo by Guillermo Arriaga
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A nightmarish and angst filled ride through the paranoia of modern Mexico that reads like a Hitchcock thriller.
The Power and the Glory (Vintage Classics)The Power and the Glory (Vintage Classics) by Graham Greene
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A hellish experience as Greene follows the plight of a persecuted Catholic priest