Mexico (novel) 2146217 161986678 2007-10-03T10:31:28Z Kevinalewis 512560 add template '''''Mexico''''' is a [[novel]] by [[James A. Michener]] published in [[1992]]. The main action of ''Mexico'' takes place over a three-day period in the [[List of fictional cities N–Z|fictional city]] of Toledo in [[1961]]. The occasion is the annual [[bullfighting]] festival, at which two [[matador]]s — one an acclaimed hero of the sport, the other a scrapping contender — are prepared to fight to the death for fame and glory. Through the memories of the book's narrator, an [[United States|American]] [[journalist]] of [[Spain|Spanish]], [[India]]n, and [[Mexico|Mexican]] descent, Michener provides plenty of historical background, including a depiction of the gruesome [[human sacrifice]] that took place hundreds of years before on the city's periphery. The story focuses on bullfighting, but also provides great insight into Mexican culture. The reader follows the bulls from their breeding to their "sorting" to the pagentry and spectacle of the [[bullring]], where picadors and banderilleros prepare the bull for the entrance of the matador with his red cape. The author creates one of his most memorable characters in the bullfighting "critic" Leon Ledesma, a flamboyant [[Sports journalism|sportswriter]] who elevates bullfighting into an art form through his grandiloquent essays. {{JamesAMichener}} [[Category:1992 novels]] [[Category:Novels by James A. Michener]] {{1990s-novel-stub}}