ISBN: 0-927534-93-2
240 pp. | paper only | $15.00

fiction by Francisco X. Stork

Ismael Diaz, a prominent and wealthy Boston lawyer, is on death row in a Texas prison, writing his memoirs and pursuing a course of physical and spiritual development called "the way of the jaguar." In his reminiscences, he takes us back to day in Boston when an impulsive and seemingly harmless act—stamping out a neighbor's spring cleaning fire—starts him on the road toward the loss of his career and marriage, the search for a lost love in his hometown of El Paso, and murder.

Rudolfo Anaya chose The Way of the Jaguar as second place winner in the Chicano/Latino Literary Contest: "Wonderfully contrived and executed, the narrative reveals Ismaels' path with engrossing intensity...."

Francisco X. Stork was born in Monterrey, Mexico, and moved to Texas when he was nine. He studied Latin American literature at Harvard University and received a Juris Doctor degree from Colombia University. He practiced law in Boston for 18 years. He currently writes and works as a legal consultant in San Juan, Puerto Rico.