As
part of my degree in Latin American studies I wrote a thesis on how expat
authors writing about Mexico respond to the previous generation of expat
authors’ books as much as they do to the country and the people themselves; the
whole process perpetuating a lot of myths.
I
wrote to Allen Ginsberg who confirmed that he and Jack Kerouac and Burroughs had
all read Under the Volcano before they headed to Mexico, and I also wrote to
David Markson, another American author (and only man – I discovered – to have
known both Kerouac and Lowry) who sent me a signed copy of his Mexican opus,
Going Down.
Twenty
years later, Tezcatlipoca’s Dream, is my contribution to the genre. You can
read excerpts here and on the website www.blackcrakebooks.com
If
you like what you see, please go to Kindle Scout and vote for it so that we
stand a chance of receiving a publishing contract with Amazon, here’s the link
If
we don’t win, TD will be launched online (Kindle) and later as a POD paperback
before Christmas.
Muchisimas
gracias
Henry
