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Title: Lousy book, more about the author than Mexico
Review: The author has a lot of axes to grind and uses a book about Mexico as an excuse to grind them. He hates life in the USA, ("harsh winters, the crime and constant living in fear or merely of the constant sameness that deadens our souls... a seige mentality that affects so many of us... get away from boring neighbors who are afraid to take any chances in life.") That's his blanket condemnation of all life in the USA, so I'm not quite trusting in his impression of Mexico. He hates his dad, tells you at length about what a jerk he was, which by this point was telling me that this wasn't really a book about Mexico. But if you want to know the rules of drinking in Mexico (he reassures you that the racist idea that "it is a shooting offense to refuse a drink offered by a Mexican" is false.. whew, what a relief!) or where to go when you want to stop drinking, this is the book...
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