His first novel written when Fuentes was just 29, 鈥淲here the Air is Clear鈥 established Fuentes as a social critic and novelist and gave rise to the renaissance in Latin American literature known as the 鈥淏oom.鈥 A stark portrait of inequality and moral corruption in modern Mexico, 鈥淲here the Air is Clear鈥 was innovative for both its prose and for using Mexico City as its main setting. Upon publication, Fuentes鈥檚 debut novel became an instant classic.
