Floating Kingdom

By George Rabasa

A passionate border story involving drug smuggling, illegal immigrants, family, love, and honor.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566890632
• ISBN13: 9781566890632
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Coffee House Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Good look at border relations and cultural differences

I really enjoyed this book, at first it would seem that we are getting a glimpse at life on the border between the US and Mexico, but we are also treated to a rivalry of cultures which bring all the characters to a confrontation with their beliefs, wants, and needs. The head of the family is a typically wise older Mexican man that has tried hard to create his own world where he can dictate how he wants his family to live. Yet, he senses that there is only so much control you can exercise before you start loosing those things that are precious to us. Very good and funny.