Tex/mex lit

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>>9798094
Dang. Title got me excited you were about to talk about my region for once, /lit/. If you come Rio Grande way, read pic related. Author is the same Fehrenbach who fought in Korea and wrote This Kind Of War. Otherwise I'd say go learn about the Spanish who made first contact:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_missions_in_Baja_California

>>9798094
The Teachings Of Don Jaun.

Sure, its all esoteric bullshit but it fits the theme perfectly. Takes place in Arizona/Mexico.

>>9798094
Southern Cal is Bukowski country, at least LA County is. The collection of stories Erections, Ejaculations is first-rate, and his first novel, Post Office, is a great read.

Michael Connelly is the best crime fiction writer in the business, although he's lost quite a bit off his fastball of late. But prime Harry Bosch, set in LA, is great stuff; Connelly was a crime beat reporter for the LA Times for ten years -- that's what gives his books an edge that few crime writers can match. Trunk Music is top-notch, and City of Bones is real good, too. Both have some beautifully observed sequences of LA life, eg, the opening scene of Trunk Music, set behind the Hollywood Bowl. Speaking of which, visit the Hollywood Bowl this summer, anon. Maybe a little classical music. It can be a real sweet vibe. I have some fond memories of pleasant evenings spent at the Hollywood Bowl.

Texas culture is only barely like Arizona culture, and only out in West Texas.

I'm reading Death Comes for the Archbishop right now.

Cadillac Desert was great non-fiction about water use in the West that I read a while ago.

>>9798323
>Cadillac Desert

That looks depressing.