The first comprehensive interpretation of the work of a major figure in Chicano literature, Klaus Zilles's study of the fourteen novels in Rolando Hinojosa's 'Klail City Death Trip' series will appeal equally to the specialist, to the student, and to the interested reader of Hinojosa's intriguing and innovative 'Tejano' novels. The series is dedicated to revealing the suppressed oral history of Mexican Texas and to making the reader a companion on a quest for this elusive history.