Oscar Martinez
The Hollywood Kid
The Violent Life and Violent Death of an Ms-13 Hitman
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As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US-bred gangsters, whose violence--in concert with corrupt offiicals--have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees.The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes…
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As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US-bred gangsters, whose violence--in concert with corrupt offiicals--have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees.The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes, Martínez and his anthropologist brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death--and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth.
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Weitere Autoren: Martinez, Juan / Washington, John B. (Übers.) / Ugaz, Daniela (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-78663-493-1
- EAN: 9781786634931
- Produktnummer: 29739664
- Verlag: Verso Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.6 cm x D2.7 cm 592 g
- Gewicht: 592
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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