Ronald L. Ruiz
The Big Bear.
Houston: Arte Publico Press, 2003. First printing. 1558853936 313 pages.
Softcover volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", is like new.
"A challenging murder case tries a Mexican-American attorney's practice in this legal thriller "I didn’t kill her," the accused says. Gabby Garcia has heard it all before. "Everything from outright lies to minimization, omissions and simple denials." Garcia has all the cases he can handle, but a new case is about to grab his attention. In physician Dr. Alan Newsome, a man accused of killing his wife, Garcia sees the ultimate challenge in his long struggle for recognition and worth. Gabby Garcia has clawed his way out of a farm to work to become a lawyer for the poor and disenfranchised in San Jose, California, only to abandon them for the lure of bigger and better cases. Alienated and numb to the world around him, Garcia stumbles onto a life-altering murder case that demands that he find the internal strength to prevail."