This is my review for the San Francisco Chronicle in October 1989:Thomas Sanchez writes with such grace and power that he can be forgiven for the sometimes blatant shortcomings that bog down this often brilliant book.''Mile Zero,'' Sanchez's third novel, is often bewildering, but it delivers enou...
Like his lavishly praised novels Rabbit Boss and Mile Zero, Thomas Sanchez's Zoot-Suit Murders combines a tautly arched narrative with fiercely visual prose and a starkly revisionist view of the American melting pot.
Moxel’s face reddens as he blurts at Luz: “You pulled a gun on me for shooting a frog! What the fuck is that? I’m the one who saved your ass in the bat tower. If I hadn’t climbed up that ladder and risked my life to help you, you would have fallen to your death.” Moxel swings around to the Chief....