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Arte Publico Press
April 2010
On Sale: March 31, 2010
Featuring: Guillermo "Billy" Bravo
256 pages
ISBN: 1558855947
EAN: 9781558855946
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The son of migrant workers, Guillermo "Billy" Bravo is one
of South Texas' most successful attorneys, and he's
determined to see his name on his firm's stationery. He can
see it in his mind's eye: Bates, Domani, Rockford, Lord &
Bravo. But suddenly, his life starts spinning out of
control. He learns that fifteen years ago, a month after
getting married, a one-night stand led to a son he didn't
know he had. He's sure his wife Yamile will hand him his
private parts on a platter, along with divorce papers, when
she finds out. And he'll never make name partner if there's
a contentious divorce. Then Billy gets a new case, to defend BostonMagnifica
Pharmaceuticals against a wrongful death suit. Tomas Ray's
widow contends that a new, powerful psychotropic drug,
caused her husband--a successful attorney--to kill two
innocent bystanders before killing himself. Billy quickly
finds himself being pressured by both his boss and BM's CEO
to make the lawsuit go away. But he soon finds evidence
confirming BM has something to hide. Billy's life takes another turn for the worse when his
teenage daughter is diagnosed with leukemia. When doctors
tell him that a BM-produced drug is all that can save her,
Billy feels even more conflicted about defending the drug
company. What if he loses the case and BM goes out of
business, leaving his daughter without the medication she
needs to survive? In this hard-hitting and timely novel about a drug company
that puts its shareholders' profits over safety, Carlos
Cisneros takes the reader on a whirlwind ride as his
protagonist struggles with his responsibilities to his
client, his family, and his own personal ethics.
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