Savior of 6th Street
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LA street art
Magical realism
organised crime
voodoo
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- ISBN 9781838045104
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2020
- Publisher: Cloud Lodge Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Deserted by his father at the age of four and raised by his voodoo queen mother on the fringes of Skid Row, Los Angeles street artist Virgilio Santos believes it his mission to save the down-and-outers in his neighborhood. But when he crosses paths with Beatrice Schein, an alluring Westside art collector, who aims to promote him to the international art world, Virgilio is tempted to turn his back on his friends. That is, until he discovers that Beatrice's father is the principal financier of organized crime in his neighbourhood with plans to tear it all down for redevelopment. Rendered with urgent intensity, The Savior of 6th Street is a literary tour de force that confirms Orlando Ortega-Medina as one of the most original storytellers of our time.
Orlando Ortega-Medina is the author of the acclaimed short story collection Jerusalem Ablaze: Stories of Love and Other Obsessions and the novels The Death of Baseball and The Savior of 6th Street. Ortega-Medina lives in London.
