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"Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes--you can call him Izzy--might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and respect he assumes comes with it. After find...

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Main Author: Crucet, Jennine Capó (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2025.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Pitbull > (Rapper) > Fiction.
Scarface (Motion picture : 1983) > Fiction.
Latin Americans > Florida > Miami > Fiction.
Celebrity impersonators > Florida > Miami > Fiction.
Cuban Americans > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Killer whale > Fiction.
Whales > Fiction.
Miami (Fla.) > Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
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Summary:"Failed Pitbull impersonator Ismael Reyes--you can call him Izzy--might not be the Scarface type, but why should that keep him from trying? Growing up in Miami has shaped him into someone who dreams of being the King of the 305, with the money, power, and respect he assumes comes with it. After finding himself at the mercy of a cease-and-desist letter from Pitbull's legal team and living in his aunt's garage-turned-efficiency, Izzy embarks on an absurd quest to turn himself into a modern-day Tony Montana. When Izzy's efforts lead him to the tank that houses Lolita, a captive orca at the Miami Seaquarium, she proves just how powerful she and the water surrounding her really are, permeating everything from Miami's sinking streets to Izzy's memories to the very heart of the novel itself"--
Physical Description:viii, 287 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9781668023334
1668023334
Author Notes:Jennine Capó Crucet is the author of four books, including the novel Make Your Home Among Strangers , which won the International Latino Book Award and was cited as a best book of the year by NBC Latino, The Guardian , The Miami Herald , and others; the story collection How to Leave Hialeah , which won the Iowa Short Fiction Prize and the John Gardner Book Award; and the essay collection My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education , which was long-listed for the PEN/Open Book Award. A former contributing opinion writer for The New York Times , she's a recipient of a PEN/O. Henry Prize and the Hillsdale Award for the Short Story, awarded by the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Her writing has appeared on PBS NewsHour , NPR, and in publications such as The Atlantic , Condé Nast Traveler , and others . She's worked as a professor of ethnic studies and of creative writing, as a college access counselor for the One Voice Scholars Program, and as a sketch comedienne (though not all at the same time). Born and raised in Miami to Cuban parents, she lives in North Carolina with her family.

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