About This Book

When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony's Home, he knows his time there will be short — if his plans succeed, he'll soon be arrested for the murder of his sister's killer. But then he's assigned to help D.Q., whose brain cancer has slowed neither his spirit nor his mouth.

D.Q. tells Pancho all about his "Death Warrior's Manifesto," which will help him to live out his last days fully, ideally with the love of the beautiful Marisol. As Pancho tracks down his sister's murderer, he finds himself falling under the influence of D.Q. and Marisol. Pancho must make a crucial decision: to honor his sister and her death, or to embrace the way of the Death Warrior and choose life.

Nuanced in its characters and surprising in its plot developments — both soulful and funny — Pancho & D.Q. is a "buddy novel" of the highest kind: the story of a friendship that helps two young men become all they can be.

About the Authors or Illustrators

Francisco X. Stork

Francisco X. Stork is the author of the critically acclaimed title Marcelo in the Real World as well as Behind the Eyes and The Way of the Jaguar. He is a practicing attorney who lives near Boston.

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