Brando Skyhorse and "The Madonnas of Echo Park" *Updated with video

The video, produced by Simon and Shuster and released yesterday on YouTube, unveils the new cover for the acclaimed novel about growing up and living in Echo Park.

 

Though the book has been mentioned a lot in LA (EchoParkNow and I made reading it our New Year's Resolution). And it sold 5,000 hard cover copies according The Eastsider LA. But the publisher wasn't happy and blamed the book cover, according to the Wall Street Journal.

 

Interestingly enough, the new cover claims it was a national bestseller.

Brando cites a documentary that once called Echo Park "the most beautiful ghetto" and explains that he's not a Native American, though his name is.

 

 

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