The Holy Spirit of My Uncle's: Cojones

With a hectic schedule and a stack of books I MUST read, this novel was fresh air. I stayed up all night reading, caught a couple of hours of sleep then plowed through one long day before I could get home and finish it. The ending is wild--inspiring and in-character. I have passed it on reluctantly--I want my friends to read this book so we can talk about it--BUT I WANT THE BOOK BACK SO I CAN READ IT AGAIN!Buy the book.

Great story. Great characters. Hilarity and realistic drama. Very natural writing style. This book was noticeably better than the last Pulitzer Prize winner I read. Except the cover.

I hardly finished reading THE HOLY SPIRIT OF MY UNCLE'S COJONES when my son Max picked it up and almost wouldn't give it back. But I'm glad he's read it, too, because the characters have come alive for both of us so much so that we keep referring to them in our daily lives as certain, especially funny, situations come up. This book is a MUST READ. I was once a student of John Gardner's and this book brings his voice back into my head saying, "Everything in the story has to have something to do with everything ELSE in the story." Maybe I'm not qualified to speak for Gardner, but my heart tells me he would haved loved COJONES and held it up as a best example of GOOD FICTION in his Creative Writing Workshops.

I actually had the pleasure of meeting this fine author in person... On to the review though ...This is a delightful (possibly autobiographical?) tale of a mixed White/Latino youth and his struggles and adventures growing up. On sees his failings, and his success, (as well as the amusing and sometimes sad in-betweens...)I strongly recommend this book to anyone really, pero especialmente a ellos que son mezclado de guero y latino.

This is a wonderful story about a Hispanic/Appalachian boy who finds, loses, and finds himself again through his relationship to his uncle.Parts of this book made me laugh out loud, and I learned a good Latino curse as well!