There's a Word for It in Mexico: The Complete Guide to Mexican Thought and Culture, by Boyé Lafayette De Mente, published in 1996.

Anybody else read it?

I picked this up in the local library a few days ago. Even while reading the introduction I started arching my eyebrows suspiciously. So far I've only read 50-some pages of it, but every time I turn the page he contradicts something I've read (or thought) previously. That by itself would be okay since it never hurts to examine things.

But I don't trust this writer. Not only is the book poorly written, some of the conclusions he draws based on what appears to be a very shaky grasp of Mexican History strike me as way off base.

Is it just me or is this thing garbage?

Garbage is too kind a word.