{"product_id":"used-the-tattooed-solider","title":"Used - The Tattooed Solider","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning reporter Héctor Tobar 's debut novel is a tragic tale of destiny and consequence set in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the 1992 riots. Antonio Bernal is a Guatemalan refugee haunted by memories of his wife and child murdered at the hands of a man marked with a yellow tattoo. Not far from Antonio's apartment, Guillermo Longoria extends his arm and reveals a tattoo--yellow pelt, black spots, red mouth. It is the mark of the death squad, the Jaguar Battalion of the Guatemalan army. A chance encounter ignites a psychological showdown between these two men who discover that the war in Central America has followed them to the quemazones, the \"great burning\" of the Los Angeles riots.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish Date - 06\/24\/1998 - Used Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54392916214070,"sku":null,"price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-5897.heic?v=1786467380","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-the-tattooed-solider","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}