The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz by Manuel Ramos
Luis Montez is nursing a drink and licking his wounds in the Dark Knight Lounge after a bruising case. The jury took less than an hour to decide his efforts defending a client were worthless. He's on the verge of a mid-life crisis and ready to give up his law business. But the night brightens when an old friend from the Chicano student civil rights movement turns up with a beautiful woman on his arm. Teresa Fuentes, a new attorney about to start at a prestigious Denver firm, is much younger, but that doesn't keep Luis' imagination from running wild. As the weary attorney dreams about the mysterious woman and deals with his faltering law firm and an ethics investigation, he's shocked to learn another friend from the activist days is getting threats about "the old business," the murder of their friend Rocky Ruiz twenty years ago by men in white robes. And when compadres get beaten up, murdered or go into hiding, Luis can't ignore that history may be repeating itself. Are the crazy racists back to finish what they started so long ago? Is it just bad luck that Teresa's arrival in town coincides with the violence? Or is there a deeper connection? Originally published in 1993 by St. Martin's Press and reissued by Northwestern University Press in 2004, this gripping first installment in the Luis Montez Mystery series introduces readers to the Denver attorney and activist who appears in four subsequent novels.
Manuel Ramos is an attorney and part-time professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver. His debut novel, The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz (Northwestern, 2004), was nominated for an Edgar. His other awards include the 1994 Colorado Book Award for Fiction and the 1991 Chicano/Latino Literary Award. Two of his other Montez novels-The Last Client of Luis Montez (2004) and The Ballad of Gato Guerrero (2004)-are also published by Northwestern University Press. Brown-on-Brown (New Mexico, 2003) is the latest novel in the Luis Montez series. Ramos lives in Denver, Colorado.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781558859852 |
| ISBN 10 | 1558859853 |
| Title | The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz |
| Author | Manuel Ramos |
| Series | A Luis Montez Mystery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Arte Publico Press |
| Year published | 2023-09-30 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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