Real Word Episode 5 - The Tattooed Soldier
In this episode we\u2019re talking about the book: The Tattooed Soldier by Hector Tobar. \nThe Tattooed Soldier was first published in 1998 by Delphinium Books and was hailed by LA Weekly in 2014 as \u201cThe Best LA Novel Ever\u201d. \n\nThe story of The Tattooed Soldier begins with Antonio, a refugee from Guatemala's dictatorship during the 1990\u2019s who stumbles upon his wife's killer in MacArthur Park, recognizing the soldier by his unforgettable tattoo. He plots his act of personal justice as Los Angeles explodes into what we now know as the LA Riots.\n\nI had the great pleasure of speaking a bit with the author Hector Tobar, about his early days of journalism and covering the LA Riots. I also ask him about nurturing more budding Latino writers.\n\nWe ask our group if they connected to the book more deeply because it\u2019s set here in LA, and we talk about empathy for the two main characters in the book who, by the end of the book, both have committed murder.\n\nThe Real WORD Podcast produced by Reading Opens Minds and edited by Saul Black. \nSpecial thanks for this episode goes to Stacy Reader and Mercedes Vasquez for facilitating the book club.\nNext episode we\u2019ll be talking about the book, Everything I Never Told You, by Celeste Ng\nUntil then, Happy Reading!