The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz

By Manuel Ramos

Book Overview

Luis Montez is a Chicano attorney with a practice on the skids and the bar association on his back. Along comes Teresa Fuentes, a lawyer with links to Luis's old compatriots in the Chicano student movement. One is killed; another is forced into hiding; and Luis must examine the pivotal event of their shared past--the murder of friend Rocky Ruiz. Martin's Press.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312955693
• ISBN13: 9780312955694
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.8" x 0.8" x 4.3"

Customer Reviews

A Crazy Hayride of a Chicano Mystery Novel

Though I'm not one for buying up every new mystery novel that comes out each year, I had a particular interest in "The Ballad of Rocky Ruiz" by Manuel Ramos because, as with Ramos, I am an attorney, a Chicano and a fiction writer. Well, I wasn't disappointed. Because this is a mystery with a fine, surprising ending, let me just say that I enjoyed the voice of the hardened, divorced, booze-loving protagonist, Luis Montez, a solo practitioner who finds his old friends from El Movimiento - the Chicano political movement - dying all around him. Throw in a beautiful, mysterious Chicana and things really start hopping. This short, tight novel will keep you guessing until the last pages. I highly recommend this book.