{"id":24922,"date":"2025-09-14T17:51:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T21:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=24922"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:54:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T01:54:03","slug":"salsa-nocturna-audiobook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24922","title":{"rendered":"Salsa Nocturna, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Salsa Nocturna<\/em>, Audiobook<\/a> (2012) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older<\/a> narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #2.5)<\/p>\n

\"Salsa<\/a><\/p>\n

Nothing marginalizes marginalized people like a dead white guy talking sympathetically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A child\u2019s excitement is its own force of nature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Simp\u00e1tico\u2019 is the best word for him. It means \u2018nice\u2019 in English, but nice is such a pathetic word. Nice. It just lives and dies in one breath.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Characters<\/strong>: Agent Carlos Delacruz, Riley Washington, Jenny, Victor, Ernesto Gordo Cortinas, Janey, Jimmy, Cicatriz CiCi Teresa Cort\u00e1zar, Big Cane, Krys, Damian, Cyrus Langley, Delton Jennings, Brett Colson, Officer O\u2019Malley, Doctor Calloway, Marcos, Grandma Tess Satorious, Mina Satorious, Chairman Botus, Bartholomew Arsten, Phoebus, Esteban Morales, Tyler, Dennis, John Richard Calhoun III, Captain Jonathon Arthur Calhoun III, Magdalena, The Collector \/ Emma Fastbinder, Hyacinth, Juan-Jos\u00e9, Mirta, Benjamin, Joseph Anderson Green, Jane Albright, Imelda McKinney, Kristen Mellonhurst, Terry, Vanessa, Devin<\/p>\n

Cover design by Kay T. Holt<\/p>\n

Publisher: Audible Studios<\/p>\n

Rating: 9.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Salsa Nocturna, Audiobook (2012) Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older narrated by Daniel Jos\u00e9 Older (Bone Street Rumba #2.5) Nothing marginalizes marginalized people like a dead white guy talking sympathetically. A child\u2019s excitement is its own force of nature. \u2018Simp\u00e1tico\u2019 is the best word for him. It means \u2018nice\u2019 in English, but nice is such a pathetic word. 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