The Hollywood Kid
The Violent Life and Violent Death of an MS-13 Hitman
- Editore:
Verso Books
- Traduttore:
- Washington, John B. Ugaz, Daniela
- EAN:
9781786634931
- ISBN:
1786634937
- Pagine:
- 256
- Formato:
- Hardback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione The Hollywood Kid
As a boy, Miguel Ángel Tobar fled a small town in El Salvador torn apart by warring guerrillas and US-backed death squads. As a teen in Los Angeles, he fought discrimination and beatings by joining a gang, MS-13. By the time the US deported him to San Salvador, the Hollywood Kid joined a wave of US-bred gangsters, whose violence--in concert with corrupt offiicals--have in turn helped propel new waves of refugees.The incomparable Salvadoran journalist Óscar Martinez got to know the Hollywood Kid and met with him as he first turned on MS-13, killing gang members, and then in turn was assassinated by other gang members. In intensely vivid scenes, Martínez and his anthropologist brother Juan tell the story of a violent life and death--and of the geopolitical forces that propelled a country into becoming one of the most violent on earth.