Dreamland: The Way Out of Juarez

Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010. First paperback edition. Paperback. NEW. Alice Leora Briggs. SIGNED by all authors. 165pp. Quarto [26 cm]; illustrated wraps. A terrifying journey exposing the drug cartel/police corruption, warfare, and murder in Ciudad Juarez as well as the murder, rape, torture, and decapitation of almost 4,000 of its citziens in a single year through the dark truth of Charles Bowden's prose and the terrifying artwork of Alice Leora Briggs, which graces every page of the book. A book unlike anything you have seen before. Charles Bowden is a long-time observer of social issues on the US/Mexico border. Alice Leora Briggs has exhibited her drawings and architectural installations in museums, galleries, and nonprofit spaces across the United States and in Europe.