Sonny Bravo is a tender, unusually smart fifteen-year-old
who is living with his vivacious mother in a large city
where intense prejudice is not just white against black,
but also brown. When Sonny’s mother, Silvia, suddenly
marries an Okie building contractor named Cloyd Longpre,
they are uprooted to a small apartment building, Los
Flores.
As Sonny sweeps its sidewalks, he meets his
neighbors and becomes ensnared in their lives: Cindy, an
eighteen-year-old druggie who is married and bored; Nica, a
cloistered Mexican girl who cares for her infant brother
but who is never allowed to leave their unit. The other
tenants range from Pink, an albino black man who sells old
cars in front of the building, to Bud, a muscled-up
construction worker who hates blacks and Mexicans, even
while he’s married to a Mexican-American woman.
Dagoberto
Gilb, in arguably his most powerful work yet, has written
an inspiring novel about hate, pain, anger, and love that
transcends age, race, and time. Gilb's novel displays the
fearlessness and wit that have helped make him one of this
country’s most authentic and original voices.
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