The Death of My Father the Pope
Silva, Obed A man mourning his alcoholic father faces a choice: whether to pay tribute, lay scorn upon him, or pour a drink. Weaving between preparations for his father's funeral and memories of life on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, Obed Silva chronicles his father's alcoholism-a lifelong love that ended only at his death at the age of forty-eight, having poisoned himself one Carta Blanca at a time. Addiction respects no borders, the havoc Silva's...