American Dirty

February 12, 2020 Tony Buchsbaum 1

Maybe you’ve heard about the controversy surrounding the new novel, American Dirt (Flatiron). In case you haven’t, here’s a quick rundown. Written by Jeanine Cummins, the novel is about a bookseller in Mexico whose entire family is gunned down by members of a drug cartel. She and her young son are the only survivors. Afraid for their lives, she runs, hoping to get her boy safely across the U.S. border. In a bidding war, nine […]