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Kirkus on Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia: "Inquisitive 22-year-old socialite and anthropology enthusiast Noemí Taboada adores beautiful clothes and nights on the town in Mexico City with a bevy of handsome suitors, but her carefree existence is cut short when her father shows her a disturbing letter from her cousin Catalina, who recently married fair-haired and blue-eyed Virgil Doyle, who comes from a prominent English mining family that built their now-dwindling fortune on the backs of Indigenous laborers." [more inside]
posted by MonkeyToes on Mar 20, 2021 - 7 comments

The Mayan God of Death charges a young woman with helping him recover his throne in this dark tale inspired by the Popol Vuh. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Feb 8, 2020 - 3 comments