Famed journalist Breslin`s account of the life and death of Eduardo Gutierrez, a bricklayer from Mexico, recounts the struggle to live and work as an illegal immigrant in New York City. Gutierrez was killed in an on-the-job accident in 1999, and Breslin investigates the world of city politics and the social conditions that played a role in that death. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.