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When Anna Ramsey learns that a meth-addicted looter has dug up what might be the funerary mask of Montezuma, she books the next flight to Oaxaca. Determined to redeem her father, a discredited art collector, and to one-up her unfaithful fiance, Anna hurls herself headlong into Mexico's underground art world. But others are chasing the treasure as well. Anna soon realizes that everyone is masked-some literally, others metaphorically. Indeed, Dancing with the Tiger is a splendid reminder that throughout human history, cultures have revered masks: masks are as universal as our desire to transform ourselves, to change. Anna, without an ounce of self-pity despite traumatic losses, stands out as a heroine for our times as she finds the courage to show her true face.



About the Author

Lili Wright

Lili Wright is author of DANCING WITH THE TIGER, a literary thriller set in Mexico, and the travel memoir, LEARNING TO FLOAT. Her essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Chicago Tribune, Down East, and many other publications.

Lili Wright worked as a reporter for 10 years before earning her MFA at Columbia University. During her many trips to Mexico, she has studied Spanish, lived with Mexican families, worked as a journalist, visited ghost towns, watched dancing tigers parade down the streets, and started her own mask collection.

A professor of English at DePauw University, she lives in Greencastle, Indiana, with her husband and two children in a yellow Victorian that always needs work. You can learn more about DANCING WITH THE TIGER, read her essays, and check out her mask collection at her website www.liliwright.com.



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