“A Bolivian professor probes the depths of his rebel father’s past in this taut, gritty tale of two dramatically different Americas” (Booklist).The Matter of Desire is the story of Pedro, a Bolivian-American political scientist who teaches at a...
Set against the backdrop of a globalization crisis in near future Bolivia, it is complete with a corrupt government, a greedy multinational corporation, a secret code-breaking organization called the Black Chamber, and a group of young computer hacke...