The Mango Snores

Authors

Michael S. Garcia, Florida International UniversityFollow

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Major/Program

Creative Writing

First Advisor's Name

John Dufresne

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee chair

Second Advisor's Name

Debra Dean

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Third Advisor's Name

Ana Luszczynska

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Keywords

Miami crime, novel, fiction, thriller, postmodern, detective, mystery, Cuban-American, Florida crime fiction

Date of Defense

3-9-2021

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS

THE MANGO SNORES

by

Michael S. Garcia

Florida International University, 2021

Miami, Florida

Professor John Dufresne, Major Professor

Set in Miami at the start of the twenty-first century, THE MANGO SNORES is a seriocomic crime novel chronicling a week in the life of Sam Espada, Cuban-American writing professor and author of the Mango series of detective fiction. Reeling from the sudden dissolution of his marriage and the abject failure of his latest book, Sam finds himself embroiled in a plot right out of one of his novels when his newest pupil, private investigator Leonard Cobb, is found stabbed through the eye with Sam’s fountain pen, leading homicide detective Vernon Harvey to peg Sam as the prime suspect. With no leads, no access to the crime scene, and nothing to go on but Cobb’s casebook, Sam and his neurotic sidekick, Max Plotkin, must unravel the plot that killed Leonard Cobb—before the plot unravels them.

Identifier

FIDC009566

Recommended Citation

Garcia, Michael S., "The Mango Snores" (2021). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4686.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4686