One Long Night

Set in 1994 at the height of California Governor Pete Wilson's administration, during the ugly struggle over a controversial proposition that tore apart the Mexican and Anglo American communities--One Long Night is the story of a simple, conservative, half-Mexican half-Scottish businessman trying to survive an insane night lost in Mexico City among the drag queens, crooked cops, gangsters and femme fatales. Richard Macedo is sent on assignment to Mexico City just days before his wedding. Alone south of the border, in a country he's never been to, in a city that should have been his home, Richard is kidnapped and robbed by Felix (the leader of a ruthless gang), after he witnesses the brutal murder of an innocent store owner. He escapes only to fall--literally--into the hands of a pair of drag queens who nearly throw him out of a window with a used sex toy stuffed in his mouth. He's rescued by Patty, the beautiful performer at a local club with whom Richard becomes smitten. To save his life "the ladies" dress him as a woman to avoid detection--kinda. This is the misadventure filled odyssey, full of exotic characters and dangerous thrills and even more dangerous liaisons of Richard Macedo. As he tries desperately to get back to what he calls civilization, Richard learns amazing things about his character, about his Mexican heritage, and about the father he's never known. He learns not only where he's from--but who he is--all in ONE LONG NIGHT.