The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border

256 pages

Published Feb. 6, 2018 by Riverhead Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-7352-1771-3

(1 review)

A former US Border Patrol agent's haunting exploration of his time on the Mexican border and the politics, gatekeepers, and victims on both sides of the line.

2 editions

loppear reviewed The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú

Powerfully non-analytical and unaligned to simple politics

4 stars

Migration reflections from an unexpected perspective, a young border patrol field agent blends historical context and personal experience movingly.