The Short Sweet Dream of Eduardo Gutiérrez is a towering achievement by one of America's most respected journalists. A work of conscience that travels from San Matías Cuatchatyotla, a small, dusty town in central Mexico, to the cold and wet streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, this searing exposé chronicles the life and tragic death of an undocumented worker, along with broader issues of municipal corruption and America's deadly and controversial border policy.

JIMMY BRESLIN has been writing a syndicated newspaper column for more than forty years. He is the author of The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight and, most recently, the novel I Don't Want to Go to Jail. He lives in New York City.