Edited by Rafael Ram’rez Mendoza. The forty-third volume of Mester offers the reader a dossier dedicated to the theme of violence in the Luso-Hispanic world that includes academic articles on works by Mar�al Aquino, Reinaldo Arenas, and Julio Ortega, in addition to an interview with Professor John Patrick Thompson. MesterÕs general interest section includes a scholarly article on the Mexican carpas shows, a facsimile reproduction of a little-known manuscript by poet CŽsar Moro and its translation from French into Spanish, as well as interviews with Puerto Rican author Eduardo Lalo and Professor V’ctor Vich. This section closes with ten book reviews that examine important works recently published in the United States, Spain, England, and Chile.