Writer’s potential: In his debut novel "PARROT IN THE OVEN" written by Victor Martinez who employs a series of compelling, troubling vignettes to illuminate a Mexican American adoulsecent boy’s coming of age in a simple and astonishing poetic manner.Martinez’s honest voice and descriptions sprinkled with elegant imagery, offer a rare and consummately beleivable portrait of barrio life-aged 12 up
Difficulties of Adoulsecent boy Manuel Hernandez to obtain his place in the world.Especially when he constantly bombarded with hardships of his poor and dysfunctional family in a sheetrock tiny house which scene as angry arguments-even at rifle point.Manny steps on battlefield at every aspect, whether he rushing his drunken violent father from local pool hall, resisting the ethnic slurs of school mates or seeking initiation into a neighbourhood gang.But as month passes, some of his wound heal, Manny slowly begins to understand his self sense, that he able to derive from his role within battlefield household.The tense prose often biting the dialogue bring into razor-sharp focus the frustation and bitterness of a struggling family.Meanwhile Manny’s the first person narrative is complied with unique compassion, indeed love for the unstable people around him.