Critical Praise

"The book's rare power is that it is both epic in scope-a trek through the wilderness in search of 'the promised land'-and intensely personal. . . . Urrea writes about U.S.-Mexican border culture with a tragic and beautiful intimacy that has no equal."

——Tom Montgomery-Fate, Boston Globe

"One of the great surrealistic tragedies of the global age. . . . Urrea has crafted an impassioned and poetic exploration of the dark side of globalization, where commodities flow free and people die in the desert."

——Jefferson Cowie, Chicago Tribune

"Riveting."

——Raymond Fiore, Entertainment Weekly

"A bang-up survival story that also has the depth of genuine tragedy."

——Anthony Brandt, National Geographic Adventure

"Urrea's writing is wickedly good-outrage tempered with concern channeled into deft prose."

——Kathleen Johnson, Kansas City Star