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Domingo martinez is a mexicanamerican author best known for his memoirs the boy kings of texas published 2012 and my heart is a drunken compass published 2014. New york times bestseller and national book award finalist a lyrical and authentic book that recounts the story of a bor. The main characters of this classics, non fiction story are. May 22, 2018 the far away brotherstells a story of courage and failure, tenacity and loss, loyalty and fumbling steps into an unknown future. Boy kings was his first book, a comingofage story in which he described his hardscrabble, often abusive childhood. Boy kings of texas ebook by domingo martinez rakuten kobo. It captures martinezs experiences growing up in brownsville, texas in the 1970s and 1980s, then goes on to his life after leaving brownsville.
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