An American Band : A Novel

Javier Espinoza manages a hungry young rock band without quite enough money to record their debut album. When the slog of playing their hearts out for tiny crowds in Texas border towns gets to be too much, a dangerous idea takes hold of Javier: smuggling migrants across the border for cash. He knows a thing or two about it, after all. He made his own perilous journey from a farm in Coahuila to the US at age eleven, surviving brutal coyotes and dodging authorities. So he and the band find a ramshackle tour bus and an alibi, and are soon plunged into the heart of Juâarez, where the harsh realities of human trafficking, corrupt border agents, and ruthless cartels are waiting. Travis Burkett knows these roads, these horizons, these fencelines, and, most importantly, the pulse and grit of the border he takes us back and forth across."--Stephen Graham Jones"--

Author: Travis Burkett

Publisher: Texas Christian University Press

Publication Date: Feb 16, 2024

Number of Pages: NA pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 0875658652

ISBN-13: 9780875658650