Critical Praise

"The book's rare power is that it is both epic in scope-a trek through the wilderness in search of 'the promised land'-and intensely personal. . . . Urrea writes about U.S.-Mexican border culture with a tragic and beautiful intimacy that has no equal."

——Tom Montgomery-Fate, Boston Globe

"One of the great surrealistic tragedies of the global age. . . . Urrea has crafted an impassioned and poetic exploration of the dark side of globalization, where commodities flow free and people die in the desert."

——Jefferson Cowie, Chicago Tribune

"A bang-up survival story that also has the depth of genuine tragedy."

——Anthony Brandt, National Geographic Adventure

"Urrea's writing is wickedly good-outrage tempered with concern channeled into deft prose."

——Kathleen Johnson, Kansas City Star

"Riveting."

——Raymond Fiore, Entertainment Weekly