September 3, 2003

Boise State Alum Pens Novel Of Drug Running In Mexico

Everardo Torrez to discuss his first book as part of Boise State’s Latino Heritage Month
 

Boise State University alumnus Everardo Torrez will discuss his debut novel Narco from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, in the Student Union Lookout Room. Narco (Arte Publico Press, 192 pages, $12.95, paperback) will be released in late September. The discussion, part of Boise State’s observance of Latino Heritage Month, is free and open to the public. The novel centers around Nando Flores, who has built a career out of smuggling cars, drugs and people. When he agrees to lead a woman named Xiomara to Ciudad Juárez in exchange for $100,000, he runs smack up against some of the profession’s darkest players. Torrez was born in Michoacán, Mexico, and grew up on a sugar beet farm in south central Idaho. He earned a bachelor of arts in creative writing from the University of Southern California in 1996, and a master of arts in communication from Boise State in 2002. He is a Grand Prize winner of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Press Fiction Contest and received Honorable Mention in the Edward Moses Fiction Contest at the University of Southern California. Torrez wrote Narco as his master’s thesis while studying at Boise State. He currently lives in Boise with his wife and two children. -30- Contact Ramon Silva Admissions 208 426-3038 Media Contact Kathleen Craven communications and marketing 208 426-3275