Floating Kingdom

by George Rabasa

A passionate border story involving drug smuggling, illegal immigrants, family, love, and honor.

328 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

George Rabasas collection of short stories, Glass Houses, received The Writers Voice Capricorn Award for Excellence in Fiction and the Minnesota Book Award for Short Stories. His novel, Floating Kingdom, received the Minnesota Book Award for Fiction. And his most recent novel, The Cleansing, was named a Book Sense Notable. His short fiction has appeared in various literary magazines, such as Story Quarterly, Glimmer Train, The MacGuffin, South Carolina Quarterly, Haydens Ferry, American Literary Review, and in several anthologies. Rabasa was born in Maine, raised in Mexico, and now lives in Minnesota."

Reviews

[Sea Stachura]

I really like Rabasa's characters and the magical qualities in his work.