Culture | Walking the line
A border patrolman’s harrowing memoir
Francisco Cantú describes boundaries and tries to break them down
The Line Becomes a River. By Francisco Cantú. Riverhead Books; 256 pages; $26. Bodley Head; £14.99.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “Walking the line”
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