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| | Colorado College news release: Alfredo Vea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | Vea's first novel, La Maravilla, was praised by The Washington Post as "brilliant, rich, extravagant, a lustily told tale." His second novel, The Silver Cloud Café, is often described as a mix between Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Raymond Chandler. |
 | | After serving in Vietnam, Vea worked a series of jobs, ranging from truck driver to carnival mechanic. |
 | | Sponsored by the CC English and Southwest studies department, Vea's reading is free and open to the public. |
| www.coloradocollege.edu /Publications/NewsReleases/Nov99/Vea.html (203 words) |
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