The chicken hanger : a novel /
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Author / Creator: | Rehder, Ben. |
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Imprint: | Fort Worth, Tex. : TCU Press, ©2012. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11954801 |
ISBN: | 0875654363 9780875654362 9781283971621 1283971623 0875654959 9780875654959 |
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Notes: | Print version record. |
Summary: | The Chicken Hanger confronts the present-day controversy of politics and prejudice along the Texas-Mexico border through the eyes of one illegal immigrant, Ricky Delgado. After Ricky's brother Tomás is shot in the hand while crossing the border into the U.S., the two must decide to risk deportation and seek justice, or remain silent and endure the misfortunes of illegal aliens. Meanwhile, Ricky is battling a disease he unknowingly acquired in the poultry plant where he hangs chickens for a living. Author Ben Rehder weaves between multiple perspectives and opinions of border-town Americans and. |
Other form: | Print version: 9781283971621 |
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