Mexico (novel)

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Mexico

Cover of the first edition
Author	James Michener
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Historical novel
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1992
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	625pp.
ISBN	0-679-41649-8

Mexico is a novel by James A. Michener published in 1992.

Plot[]

The main action of Mexico takes place in Mexico over a three-day period in the fictional city of Toledo in 1961. The occasion is the annual bullfighting festival, at which two matadors — one an acclaimed hero of the sport, the other a scrapping contender — are prepared to fight to the death for fame and glory.

Through the memories of the book's narrator, Norman Clay, an American journalist of Spanish and Indian descent, Michener provides plenty of historical background, including a depiction of the fictitious Indian civilization that once flourished on city's periphery. The story focuses on bullfighting, but also provides insight into Mexican culture. The reader follows the bulls from their breeding to their "sorting" to the pageantry and spectacle of the bullring, where picadors and banderilleros prepare the bull for the entrance of the matador with his red cape. .

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