A defiant, brutal debut novel that rips through one mans image of life and family... -- Anne N. Marino, author of The Collapsible World
A smash-up of desire and delusion... peels the erotic grape of life in a full-frontal poetic grope of language. -- Thomas Sanchez, author of Day of the Bees
Acosta's novel is the sign of a new Mexican literature... -- pagina/12. Buenos Aires, Argentina
All of us wonder what our president is really doing. Guardian Angel has the answer and we wont be surprised. -- Richard Blum, author of The Fat Man Cant Swim
Chriss' potboiler, "Guardian Angel:there's a lot going on in the story. -- Paula Voell, The Buffalo News
For those who demand a gripping story, Guardian Angel is your meat. ... A pleasure to read. -- Daniel Panger, author of Hard Times
If Michel Foucault wrote fiction he might have composed something resembling The Tattoo Hunter, Juvenal Acosta's feverish first novel. -- The San Francisco Chronicle, September 2, 2002
The Tattoo Hunter is perfervid, feline, a ritualized expose of victimhood, of deceipt and its tyrannical twin, the truth. -- Barry Gifford, author of Wild at Heart
The book is fast-paced, well-written, and somewhat amazing for a first effort... Don't miss this one. -- Sandor Burstein, Nob Hill Gazette
The chapters are short and the sex plentiful... what more can one ask? -- Andrei Codrescu, author of Casanova in Bohemia
Product Description
Mike Kostanski, the "afternoon man" outside the Oval Office is a dedicated Secret Service agent called to testify before the Grand Jury about women who visited the President. Kostanski reluctantly opts to tell the truth-but false logbooks doctored by White House operatives-convince the Grand Jury that he lied, leading to his perjury conviction. The President's connections get Kostanski a job as a security agent for the Grantland Corporation, but his ethical problems only get worse. Grantland is involved in a host of illegal activities including accounting discrepancies, tax evasion, weapons transfer to foreign powers, treason and murder.
Kostanski is in possession of evidence that could bring down the President, but Grantland executives must keep Mike from talking if they are to continue using the White House to enable their illegal and very profitable activities. Kidnap, frame-ups, and several murders later, the President and the Grantland Corporation battle Kostanski in a bitter struggle for survival. A unique sting operation, powerful action and surprising twists and turns throughout lead to a heart-pounding climax.
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