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Is a son responsible for the sins of his father? Is it possible to escape your family's legacy, and can one ever truly right the wrongs of the past? Through evocative text and looping timelines, The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James asks readers these questions in the form of a redemption story that is frightening and fulfilling in equal measure.
The Bullet Swallower is a tale of a cursed family, the Sonoros, who are responsible for all manner of evil deeds over the span of centuries. It centers on Antonio Sonoro, El Tragabalas ("the bullet swallower"), who is loosely based on the author's great-grandfather, and Jaime Sonoro, the fictional Antonio's grandson.
Antonio's story takes place in the mid-1890s when, as a drinker and gambler, barely eking out a living for his family in rural Mexico, he goes for a major score via a train robbery in ...
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