Touring Marcos McPeek Villatoro's Dark L.A.

NPR | By Karen Grigsby Bates

Published July 27, 2005 at 12:00 AM EDT

Villatoro at his writing desk, pounding the keys of his old-school manual typewriter.

<b>Web Extra:</b> Villatoro reads a passage from 'A Venom Beneath the Skin'

Karen Grigsby Bates tours suburban San Fernando Valley with Day to Day commentator and mystery writer Marcos McPeek Villatoro to talk about his latest book, A Venom Beneath the Skin.

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