No More Bingo, Comadre!: Stories

It takes all kinds to populate Northern New Mexico, and this book has every one: from gypsies and gamblers to ranchers and criminals. Noted author Nasario Garc a introduces us to some of these people and the challenges they face. The title character, Adelfa, flirts with the glamour of casinos and finds herself addicted to gambling. Sam Spam Austin, an inmate serving a long sentence for murder, is paroled, attends medical school, and becomes a doctor. The affable grandfather in Yo Quiero Hacer un Lie 'Way, a hard-working and honorable rancher, stuns the proprietor of a mortuary with his request to put a coffin on layaway.

Author: Nasario Garcia
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 09/01/2018
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.29h x 7.78w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780826360038

About the Author
García, Nasario: - Folklorist and native New Mexican Nasario García has published numerous books about Hispanic folklore and the oral history of northern New Mexico, including Hoe, Heaven, and Hell: My Boyhood in Rural New Mexico (UNM Press) and Grandpa Lolo's Navajo Saddle Blanket: La tilma de Abuelito Lolo (UNM Press). He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.