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Podcast: New Books in Literary Studies
Episode: Raul Palma, "A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens" (Dutton, 2023)
Description: A genre-bending debut with a fiercely political heart, A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens (Dutton, 2023) explores the weight of the devil's bargain, following the lengths one man will go to for the promise of freedom.Hugo Contreras's world in Miami has shrunk. Since his wife died, Hugo's debt from her medical bills has become insurmountable. He shuffles between his efficiency apartment, La Carreta (his favorite place for a cafecito), and a botanica in a strip mall where he works as the resident babaláwo.One day, Hugo's nemesis calls. Alexi Ramirez is a debt collector who has...