Down South of North

Discharged From The Us Army With A Head Injury Sustained In Vietnam During The War Era Edmond Larson Takes To Wandering In Mexico. One Night At A Cantina In Veracruz A Pistolero Falls Dead At Larson’S Feet And He Is Arrested For Murder. After Escaping Jail He Reluctantly Joins Up With A Local Girl Who Has Ties To A Madman Bent On Provoking Revolution.. Ellie’S Friend Jerry Complains That She Thinks She’S Always Right. Ellie Admits She Has A Smart Mouth And That Even At The Age Of Twenty-Nine She Often Comes Off As A Cantankerous Old Biddy. In Ellie’S View People Take Advantage At The Slightest Display Of Weakness. This Is The Story Of How Ellie Loses Her Virginity.. Octavio Is A Street Brawler And A Thief Though Also Capable Of Painful Sacrifice For The Benefit Of A Chance Acquaintance.. An Insurance Salesman Wakes Up On A Saturday Morning Unable To Set Work Aside. His Wife Objects To His Attitude. His Son Accuses Him Of Going Back On His Word.. Pancho Takes A Beating Every Time He Enters The Boxing Ring But His Sister’S Husband A Former National Champion Won’T Let Him Quit The Fight Game.. A Man Lies On A Mountainside In The Rain. A Woman He Can’T Get Enough Of Has Just Struck Him In The Head With A Rock.. Another Man Bleeds To Death On A Bridge With Intestines Spilling Out His Abdomen. His Killer Admonishes Him For Seducing Their Patron’S Young Wife.. Down South Of North Comprises Ten Stories In All. A Suicidal Roofer A Painter Dedicated To Her Clients In Social Services While Enduring Unrequited Love And A Taxidermist Who Discovers A Magic Pendant In The Belly Of A Forty-Pound Catfish Round Out The Collection’S Central Characters.