-- Over the course of a single afternoon, Macho Camacho's hit song 'Life Is A Phenomenal Thing' blares out of every radio in San Juan and connects the lives of Senator Vicente Reinosa, his poor mistress, his neurotic, aristocratic wife and his fascist son. Full of puns, fantastic wordplay, advertising slogans, and pop-culture references, Macho Camacho's Beat is a grimly funny satire on the Americanization of Puerto Rico. -- One of Puerto Rico's outstanding literary figures, Luis Rafael Sanchez is renowned for his plays, ...
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-- Over the course of a single afternoon, Macho Camacho's hit song 'Life Is A Phenomenal Thing' blares out of every radio in San Juan and connects the lives of Senator Vicente Reinosa, his poor mistress, his neurotic, aristocratic wife and his fascist son. Full of puns, fantastic wordplay, advertising slogans, and pop-culture references, Macho Camacho's Beat is a grimly funny satire on the Americanization of Puerto Rico. -- One of Puerto Rico's outstanding literary figures, Luis Rafael Sanchez is renowned for his plays, short stories, essays and poems, as well as his novels. He currently teaches at the University of Puerto Rico. -- First published in the U.S. by Random House (1980), most recent paperback by Avon (1982).
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Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Bruce Davidson Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Pantheon.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge, else near fine in a near fine dustjacket with minute edgewear. Not priceclipped and no other markings. (box 84)
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $17.00, very good condition, Sold by Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A. rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Salt Lake City, UT, UNITED STATES, published by Pantheon Books.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $19.50, like new condition, Sold by Abacus Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsford, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Dalkey Archive Press.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $20.46, very good condition, Sold by Napa Bookmine rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Napa, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Random House.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $26.50, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Pantheon.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $27.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Pantheon.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First American edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Remainder mark. Dus cover lightly shelf rubbed with some smudge marks on back. Translated from Spanish by Gregory Rabassa.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $32.00, like new condition, Sold by Waverley Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Monica, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by PANTHEON..
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Translation by Gregory Rabassa. 8vo. Blue cloth spine with red metallic lettering and orange paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket.211pp. Near fine/near fine. Small red inkstamp on bottom page edges. Tight and handsome first American edition of this Puerto Rican fiction.
Add this copy of Macho Camacho's Beat to cart. $37.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Dalkey Archives Press.
