Becky and Her Friends

by Rolando Hinojosa

This novel in Hinojosa's Klail City Death Trip Series of novels, which follows generations of Anglos and Mexicans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley of Klail City, Texas, focuses on a character who has previously not taken the limelight: the strong-willed, upwardly mobile Becky Escobar.

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

was okay. read for Latino lit class and compared it to small town north Dakota. very interesting.

[Caleb Orta Curti · Rating 1 out of 5]

Malísimo. Very bad. Mucho malo.
Yo lo tuve que leer para una clase, si este es tu caso, lo siento mucho. Si te estás planteando leerlo en tu tiempo libre, no pierdas tu tiempo, hay muchas cosas mejores que puedes leer.
I had to read it for a class, if this is your case, I'm very sorry. If you're thinking about read it in your free time, don't, there are a lot of way better things that you can read.

[Rolf · Rating 4 out of 5]

I came to Hinojosa’s Klail City books primarily having heard of them as a mystery series, but honestly this was one of the strongest entries for me. I really like how it builds on the world already established in the earlier books to present what is at its heart a well-developed epistolary character study. The ending is incredibly sad and poignant.

[J Jimenez · Rating 1 out of 5]

might be, singlehanded, the most obnoxious thing i've had to read so far

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

The drama is pedestrian. The author's activist agenda is transparent. While I agree with the book's arguments, I disagree with anyone who thinks books should argue something.