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Robert Arellano

Goodreads author profile

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http://www.goodreads.com/Robert_Arellano

born

July 12, 1969 in Summit, NJ, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.akashicbooks.com/cursethenames.htm

twitter username

@BobArellano

genre

Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Comics & Graphic Novels

member since

December 2007

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Robert Arellano is the author of six novels. Akashic Books publishes Fast Eddie, King of the Bees (2001), Don Dimaio of La Plata (2004), Havana Lunar (2009, Edgar Award finalist 2010), and Curse the Names (2012). Soft Skull/Counterpoint published a graphic-novel tribute to Mexican comic books, Dead in Desemboque (2008, writing as Eddy Arellano with artists William Schaff, Richard Schuler, & Alec Thibodeau). In 1996, writing as Bobby Rabyd, Arellano created the Internet's first interactive novel, Sunshine '69. Arellano has taught writing, literature, and digital media at Brown University, the Rhode Island School of Design, the Institute of American Indian Arts, the University of New Mexico, and Southern Oregon University.

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"Bad Craziness in the Sangre de Cristos"

Albuquerque Journal reviewer Robert Woltman writes of Curse the Names: "Think Hunter Thompson doing Fear and Loathing in Los Alamos. Readers, fasten your seat belts for this one. Arellano’s novel is a dizzying Thompsonian concoction of noir crime thriller and alternately nightmarish and comic surreal psychodrama, spiced up with a heaping handful of local northern New Mexico flavor...."
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Books by Robert Arellano

Average rating: 3.79 · 94 ratings · 27 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Havana Lunar 3.38 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Curse the Names 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Fast Eddie, King of the Bees 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2001	My rating:
	Don Dimaio of La Plata (Akashic Urban Surreal Series) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	Dead in Desemboque: Historias de Amor y Sangre by Eddy Arellano, Robert Arellano (Goodreads Author), William Schaff 4.32 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Sunshine '69 by Bobby Rabyd, Robert Arellano (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	My rating:

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Code for Failure

by Ryan W. Bradley (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 27, 2012 08:49pm

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The Angel Esmeralda

by Don DeLillo

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Nov 17, 2011 04:31am

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Naked Came the Rogue: A Serial Mystery Set in Southern Oregon's Jackson County

by Tim Wohlforth, M Hunt, M Robsman, L Woods, C Beers, C Caldwell, E Battistella, M Mason, M Niemann

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Sep 11, 2011 11:21am

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Robert Arellano gave to: Code for Failure by Ryan W. Bradley (Goodreads Author)	My rating:
Apr 27, 2012 08:49pm
Robert Arellano liked Ryan's review of Curse the Names: " Read my review at The Nervous Breakdown: http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rbradley/2011/12/review-of-curse-the-names-by-robert-arellano/ " Read more of this review »
Mar 30, 2012 04:37pm · see review
Robert Arellano liked katy's review of Curse the Names: " I discovered this book in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The author lived near Taos for seven years. His paranoid, nightmarish style reminds me of Roberto Bolaño. The compelling, mysterious story about a writer working in Los Alamos also features the count... " Read more of this review »
Mar 30, 2012 04:37pm · see review
Robert Arellano said "yes" to attending the event: Akashic All-Stars in New Hope date: March 23, 2012 07:00PM location: New Hope Borough Library, 33 West Ferry Street, New Hope, PA, The United States description: Sponsored by Farley's Bookshop * Akashic All-Stars event featuring Robert Arellano, Eliza Factor, Joseph Mattson, and Sterling Watson
Mar 14, 2012 06:13pm
Robert Arellano made a comment in the group The Mystery, Crime, and Thriller Group — Curse the Names (Akashic) by Edgar-finalist Arellano (Havana Lunar) topic " [image] It has been a very interesting month leading up to the publication tomorrow of my new book Curse the Names. Publisher's Weekly said, ""Arella...more "
Dec 25, 2011 08:11pm
Robert Arellano liked Amanda's review of Curse the Names: " This was the perfect book to freak myself out with on a cold, rainy night. It doesn't help that it's totally set in the Morphy Lake/Española/Los Alamos area....awesome! "
Dec 24, 2011 07:34am · see review
Robert Arellano is currently reading: The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo	My rating:
Nov 17, 2011 04:31am
Robert Arellano added: The Complete Short Stories, Volume Two by D.H. Lawrence read in November, 2011	My rating:
Nov 17, 2011 04:29am
Robert Arellano became a fan of Goodreads Author Joseph Mattson
Nov 09, 2011 04:44pm · all of Robert's favorite authors
Robert Arellano gave to: New Jersey Noir by Joyce Carol Oates	My rating:
There's good stuff in all the fiction and poetry, and Robert Pinsky's poem in particular blew me away. Editor Joyce Carol Oates's introduction makes a handy overview for a class on American noir.
Sep 11, 2011 11:26am · see review