Desperate Times Call

Authors

Hector Duarte JrFollow

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Major/Program

Creative Writing

First Advisor's Name

Debra Dean

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee chair

Second Advisor's Name

Lynne Barrett

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Third Advisor's Name

Vernon Dickson

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Keywords

crime fiction, noir, short story, Hector Duarte, collection

Date of Defense

3-7-2017

Abstract

DESPERATE TIMES CALL is a collection of short stories and a novella about people whose lives intersect with violence. The young girl in Of Course She Would is forced to leave her home after finding her meth-addicted father dead of a heart attack. Tomas Mangual, the main character of She Said Two, sets off on a blind date to discover his counterpart has recently been the victim of a disturbing hate crime. The featured novella, Diablo Corrido, raises the question: How far would someone chase their ambition to see a life-long dream come true?

Using the intimate perspectives of first-person and close third-person points of view, DESPERATE TIMES CALL offers glimpses of characters chasing dreams of success, romance, wealth, even normalcy, but coming up empty-handed.

Identifier

FIDC001772

Recommended Citation

Duarte, Hector Jr, "Desperate Times Call" (2017). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3272.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3272