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One of the most memorable disruptions is Big Angel’s big entrance to his mother’s funeral.

For one, the de La Cruzes are on “Mexican time.” For a good portion of the party planning and the novel, some family member is late for some important event, much to everyone else’s over-the-top chagrin. But not before he throws one last rousing fiesta with all of his friends and relatives in attendance, just a day after his nearly 100-year-old mother’s funeral.Įxpectedly, shenanigans ensue. At 70 and in a wheelchair, Big Angel’s frail body is riddled with cancer, and he’s on his way out. Inspired by the final days of Urrea’s older half-brother Juan, who died in 2016, the narrative circles around Big Angel, the once-imposing patriarch of the sprawling de La Cruz family.