The Iguana Killer

First published in 1984, this award-winning book, considered a classic of Chicano fiction, is now available only from the University of New Mexico Press. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alberto Alvaro R os is Regents Professor at Arizona State University, Tempe. ACCLAIM "Colorful, hurtful, as real as legend, this book provides a wonderful new access to a large but mostly unperceived culture and will loom large in any approach to the emerging art of the Mexican worldview in English. R os is an artist."-- Choice "The Iguana Killer is not the Chicano version of Catcher in the Rye--but it is close."-- San Antonio Express-News "In his cool, unassertive way, R os taps many moods, keeping a controlled but flexible rein on the emotions of his characters and their experiences. These are not Anglo stories or Mexican stories but the unique amalgam we call Chicano--the real thing at last."-- John Barkham Reviews