The Tattooed Soldier (45 page)

 

 

Héctor Tobar
is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and a novelist. He is the author of
The Barbarian Nurseries
,
Translation Nation
, and
Deep Down Dark
, a book about the collapse of the San José mine outside of Copiapó, Chile. The son of Guatemalan immigrants, he is a native of Los Angeles, where he lives with his wife and three children.

 

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

THE TATTOOED SOLDIER
. Copyright © 1998 by Héctor Tobar. All rights reserved. For information, address Picador, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

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ISBN 978-1-250-05585-9 (trade paperback)

ISBN 978-1-250-05586-6 (e-book)

e-ISBN 9781250055866

 

First print edition published in the United States by Delphinium Books, Inc.

 

First Picador eBook Edition: October 2014