Background
Oster, Patrick Ralph was born on October 9, 1944 in Harvey, Illinois, United States.
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
( The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex,...)
The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex, increasingly turbulent neighbor to our south. It is the story of a country in crisis -- poverty, class tensions, political corruption -- as told through stories of individuals. From Augustín, an honest cop, we learn that many in the Mexican police force use torture as their number-one-crime-solving technique; from Julio Scherer Garcia, a leading newspaper editor, we learn how kidnapping and intimidating phone calls stifle people despite his meager income; we hear from a homosexual teacher wary of bigotry in a land of machismo; and many others. Moving from Mexico City discos to remote Indian towns, Patrick Oster tells of Mexicans whose lives reveal something vital about Mexico, and in doing so, helps to understand why many decide to risk their lives in order to have the opportunity to live in the United States.
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People by Oster, Patrick(March 5, 2002) Paperback
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
(Author Patrick Oster: "(As) Mexico City bureau chief for ...)
Author Patrick Oster: "(As) Mexico City bureau chief for the Knight-Rider newspaper chain...I had reported from twenty-six of Mexico's thirty-one states." "The Mexicans" is a collection of stories about people I met...who have taught me about Mexico as they see it."
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novel
- The Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife: a Romantic Spy Novel (The Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife: a Romantic Spy No...)
Other Work
- The Commuter (The Commuter: 9780786755974: Oster, Patrick: Books)
- The German Club (The German Club: 9780786756025: Oster, Patrick: Books)
- The Obituary Writer: A Murder Novel (The Obituary Writer: A Murder Novel - Kindle edition by O...)
- The Amazon Detective Agency: a Murder Novel (The Amazon Detective Agency: a Murder Novel - Kindle edit...)
- The Hacker Chronicles (The Hacker Chronicles - Kindle edition by Oster, Patrick....)
Patrick Ralph Oster
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Bachelor of Science with honors, Loyola University, Chicago, 1966;
student, Glasgow (Scotland) U. Soviet Institute, 1968-1969;
Juris Doctor, Cornell Univercity, 1970.
Career
Associate firm, Price, Cushman, Keck, Mahin and Cate, Chicago, 1970-1972;
attorney, investigator, Better Government Association, Chicago, 1972-1973;
reporter, Chicago Sun-Times, 1973-1974;
Washington correspondent, Chicago Sun-Times, 1977-1978;
chief Washington bureau, Chicago Sun-Times, 1978-1984;
associate editor, United States News & World Report, Washington, 1974-1977;
chief Mexico City Bureau, Knight-Ridder Newspapers, 1984-1987;
correspondent, Business Week, Brussels, 1990-1994;
assistant managing editor, The Bakersfield Californian, 1994-1996.
Managing editor, National Law Journal, 1886-1888
Editor in Chief, National Journal, 1999-2001
Managing Editor, Bloomberg News, 2001-2915
Novelist, 2015 - present
Achievements
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Patrick Ralph Oster has been listed as a noteworthy Journalist by Marquis Who's Who. His book, The Mexicans, was a Book of the Month Club selection.Seven of his novels were published between 2015 and 2025 and were all positively reviewed by Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, among others. His 2022 thriller, The Sleeper List, was judged best espionage novel of that year by Readers Favorite. A former foreign correspondent, he is a member of the board of The Overseas Press Club Foundation.
Works
book
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
( The Mexicans is a multifaceted portrait of the complex,...)
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
(Author Patrick Oster: "(As) Mexico City bureau chief for ...)
- The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People by Oster, Patrick(March 5, 2002) Paperback
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The Mexicans: A Personal Portrait of a People
novel
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The Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife: a Romantic Spy Novel
(The Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife: a Romantic Spy No...)
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The Man Who Fell in Love With His Wife: a Romantic Spy Novel
Other Work
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The Amazon Detective Agency: a Murder Novel
(The Amazon Detective Agency: a Murder Novel - Kindle edit...)
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The Obituary Writer: A Murder Novel
(The Obituary Writer: A Murder Novel - Kindle edition by O...)
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The Hacker Chronicles
(The Hacker Chronicles - Kindle edition by Oster, Patrick....)
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The German Club
(The German Club: 9780786756025: Oster, Patrick: Books)
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The Commuter
(The Commuter: 9780786755974: Oster, Patrick: Books)
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The Amazon Detective Agency: a Murder Novel
Personality
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Connections
M. Sally Anne Jacobsen ,1975. M. Kathryn Leigh Scott, 2025
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New York Times
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Born
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Nationality
American
Career
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1996 - 1999
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1999 - 2001
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2001 - 2015
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2015 - present
Awards
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Recipient Silver Gavel award (3) American Bar Association. Inter-American Press Club award, 1984. Worth Bingham award, 1982, Citation, Overseas Press Club, 1986. Others M C.Recipient Silver Gavel award (3) American Bar Association. Inter-American Press Club award, 1984. Worth Bingham award, 1982, Citation, Overseas Press Club, 1986.
Others
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