GILROY
– The Gilroy Writing Project will have a visit from San Jose
author Nina Marie Martinez, whose first novel,
”
Caramba!: A Tale Told in Turns of the Card,
”
was released this year and has already drawn critical
acclaim.
GILROY – The Gilroy Writing Project will have a visit from San Jose author Nina Marie Martinez, whose first novel, “Caramba!: A Tale Told in Turns of the Card,” was released this year and has already drawn critical acclaim.
The tale is a zany romp involving best friends Natalie and Consuelo; a transvestite named True-Dee; Lulabell, a “practiced and capable witch;” Javier, a born-again mariachi; as well as Consuelo’s dead father, who needs Natalie and Consuelo’s help to get out of Purgatory.
The cards alluded to in the title are LoterÃa cards, from a bingo-like game, and are also the source of the book’s illustrations.
Martinez is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is an avid hunter of vintage clothes.
She will be speaking at the Gilroy Public Library, 7387 Rosanna St., at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 19. For more information, contact Dennise Julia, 842-8208 ext. 3413.
