The Revolt of the Cockroach People
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4.5 • 17 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The further adventures of “Dr. Gonzo” as he defends the “cucarachas”— the Chicanos of East Los Angeles.
One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo" a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge.
In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of "chicken" Acosta played against the Anglo legal establishment; battles fought with bombs as well as writs; and a reluctant hero who faces danger not only from the police but from the vatos locos he champions. What emerges is at once an important political document of a genuine popular uprising and a revealing, hilarious, and moving personal saga.
Customer Reviews
Revolt of The Cockroach People
This book is extremely DOPE. Being a Chicano this book is a must read and should be on your bookshelf, iBooks, or even bootlegged. It will open your eyes of the brutal history that Mexicans/Chicanos have had to endure and continue to endure. The counter-story telling "Critical Race Theory phrase" told in this book is beyond measure and will really capture your attention right from the get do and will continue well into the book. I read 200+ pages in one sitting because it was so mesmerizing. Do not pass on this book. Share this book with everyone you know especially young Chicanos who desperately need Chicano authors they can relate to instead of gang bangers.
¡Que Viva!
CHICANO POWER