![]() ![]() It’s a typical hot Sunday morning except that on the way to church someone discovers the severed head of Enrique Quintanilla propped on the ledge of one of the cement planters in the plaza and everything changes. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City where nothing much happens. ![]() His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. ![]() An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil’s Fire marble. Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. Playing for the Devil’s Fire by Phillippe Diederich I’d love to build this list of books set in Mexico out further, so if you have favorite recommended titles not listed, feel free to drop them in the comments. ![]()
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