Gary Soto
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Description
Soto shows a talent for revealing the hard-knock life of the characters in "Nickel and Dime," . . . Ythis? novel has a decidedly more optimistic tone, reflecting as it does the worldview of a man who has every right to be bitter but amazingly is not. . . . It further establishes Soto as an affecting writer for adults as well as young people. The ups and downs of the lives of men . . . are vividly brought to life in this sweet, sad, funny trio of interlocking stories by one of Americas most original writers. "Soto shows a talent for revealing the hard-knock life of the characters in "Nickel and Dime, . . . [this] novel has a decidedly more optimistic tone, reflecting as it does the worldview of a man who has every right to be bitter but amazingly is not. . . . It further establishes Soto as an affecting writer for adults as well as young people."

