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Ask a Mexican

By: Gustavo Arellano
Narrated by: William Dufris, Christine Marshall, James Herrera
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An irreverent, hilarious, and informative look at Mexican American culture is taken by a rising star in the alternative media, as well as a new kid on the block in such mainstream venues as NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Today, and The Colbert Report.

Gustavo Arellano has compiled the best questions about Mexican Americans from readers of his ¡Ask a Mexican! column in California's OC Weekly and uses them to explore the clichés of lowriders, busboys, and housekeepers; drunks and scoundrels; heroes and celebrities; and, most important, millions upon millions of law-abiding, patriotic American citizens and their illegal-immigrant cousins who represent some $600 billion in economic power.

©2007 Gustavo Arellano (P)2007 Tantor Media Inc. Americas Latin American Studies Literature & Fiction Mexico Satire Social Sciences Specific Demographics Comedy Latin America Funny Witty Mexican American

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"A welcome reprieve from common tiptoeing around the fraught subjects of race relations and immigration." ( Publishers Weekly)
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It is extremely funny, but some of the stuff is repeated a couple of times. I had planned to listen to it on a 10hour drive and was happy to have another audiobook downloaded to the ipod.

Good but long

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Hilarious. I felt like a moron laughing out loud at nothing (to the onlooker) as I listen through my AirPods.

Arellano is hilarious. He walks the perfect line balancing self (Mexican) deprecation and defense and pride of who and what Mexicans are (through Arellano’s lense)

Well done.

Hilarity - in a safe place

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Yes. I do not like the strong language, however, it does provide a lot of good information.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

There are two narrators. They both butcher the Spanish and Spanglish. It is hard to listen to and not nearly as funny as it would be if someone who knew how to pronounce things were to narrate the book.

Reading Butchers Spanish and Spanglish

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I couldn’t listen passed chapter 2 the reader was not what I would have expected. I would have preferred a Mexican or Latino male voice to read this not a “gabacho” butchering the Spanish language.. I’m sure the story is good but not in audible

Wasted my money on this Audible Version

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Initially incredibly funny. I was quite pleased with the obvious background and even research that had been done. The first section contains many educational tidbits. Very regretably soon there after, the book deteriorates into very inappropriate language and repeated base narrative involving body parts. The language for the most part contained explitives in every other sentence. Sadly, this is not a book to share with the family or that can be recommended. It's sad because this book could have been very funny and very valuable in the educational potential the name bears. If audible had a return policy, this one would go back.

Initially hilarious, clearly disasterous

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Degrading our beautiful culture, Feeding typical RACISM 👎🏽 . I am a Mexican immigrant with two college degrees and a master. No cholos or narcos in the family. Just living the American dream. Stop putting our culture down.

Degrading our beautiful culture and feeding racism 👎🏽

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