Pimp-o-rama, plus lighter shelves, and the mighty power of the simple pen

Mario here:
Much to pimp this week.

Manuel Ramos, winner of a Colorado Book Award and an Edgar nominee, hosted the launch party of his newest novel, King of the Chicanos, at the Tattered Cover on Colfax.  The title alone is an indicator of the cultural freight Manuel chose to pull.  But the novel is no homage to the Chicano movement, rather it's the story of Ramon Hidalgo, a man lifted, then dashed, by his ambition and hubris.  











A sample of the dazzling prose is this last paragraph of the...