West of the West: Dreamers, Believers, Builders, and Killers in the Golden State (Public Affairs)
Mark Arax is an award-winning reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and is the author of the critically acclaimed In My Father's Name, about his search to find his father's killers. He lives in Fresno.
"West of the West is a dreamscape as much as a landscape--and heart-stirring in its style and acute perception. It could be titled Why We Live Here Anyway--I exhort you to read this book."
--James Ellroy, author of The Black Dahlia and the forthcoming Blood's a Rover
(photo by Gary Kazanjian)