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Jane Haddem

Biography

Jane Haddem

A practicing criminal defense attorney and the author of two previous novels, La Maravilla and The Silver Cloud Café (both available in Plume editions), Alfredo Véa was born in Arizona and lived the life of a migrant worker before being sent to Vietnam. After his discharge, he worked a series of jobs-from truck driver to carnival mechanic-as he put himself through law school. Gods Go Begging was also the winner of the 1999 Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award for Fiction. Véa lives in San Francisco.

Jane Haddem

Books by Jane Haddem

by Jane Haddem

Named "One of the Best Books of 1999" by the Los Angeles Times, Gods Go Begging tells an unforgettable story of war and peace, guilt and innocence, suffering and love, and of one man's cathartic climb toward salvation.