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From Edgar Award-nominated creator Ben Rehder comes The Poultry Hanger. Ricky Delgado works as a fowl hanger at the poultry flower in Rugoso, Tx, a small border town just 30 mls south of Laredo. His quiet, against the law lifestyle is disrupted when he discovers that his brother Tomás has been shot and injured soon after crossing the border. Together, Ricky and Tomás and seek justice, or remain silent and endure the injustices common to all "wetbacks" within the says. Meanwhile, Ricky is struggling with a fight within his own body, an illness he attained in the poultry flower, unbeknownst to everyone but the crooked manager and the company's doctor. The townspeople of Rugoso have always been used to Mexicans coming into the says illegally. The street signs or symptoms, billboards, and food labels are branded in both British and Spanish to accommodate more consumers. Even the judicial system has a growing number of specialists with Spanish previous names, and Herschel Gandy is fed up with it. A rich Rugoso ranch owner and self-appointed defender of the border, he has taken to firing warning shots at illegals crossing over on his ranch. However when he discovers a bloodied backpack near the place he had been capturing, the repercussions of his cover-up game influence the entire town. Warren Coleman, the best border patrol agent in Rugoso, has been fighting his conscience since allowing a trio of against the law aliens to mix one morning. One was definitely injured. After halting a truck smuggling drugs above the border, Warren shoots and eliminates the drivers in his partner's protection. He's immediately tossed into national spotlight for his heroism, or brutality, depending on source. While browsing his spouse in the hospital, Warren again incurs the against the law with the wounded hand. Fearing the consequences of his decisions, Warren must determine between giving Rugoso for a new start, or seeking his growing suspicion that there is more to discover about the Mexican's injury. The Poultry Hanger confronts the present-day controversy of politics and prejudice along the U.S.-Mexico border. Rehder weaves between multiple perspectives and views of those guarding America and those hoping to be Us citizens, and asks whether a man's price is assessed by his citizenship, or by the life span he leads. Long-standing quarrels about border control in the South and the motives of opposing sides generate a suspenseful tale of one illegal immigrant's fight for justice in the land of the free.
