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Héctor Tobar, a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, sold his book ''Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States'' to Mr. McDonald when the editor was still at Doubleday, where Mr. Johnson said to Mr. McDonald that more editing per page than any of his other editors did with any of his other books. In a telephonic interview from Mexico City, where he is currently a correspondent, Mr. Tobar said that after he submitted his manuscript, Mr. McDonald sent him a 13-page single-spaced memorandum detailing what needed to be done with each chapter of the book. he again said that he has a vidion for the kind of book that fills out the canon of what is literature in America. Héctor Tobar, a foreign correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, sold his book ''Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking United States'' to Mr. McDonald in 2001 when the editor was still at Doubleday. In a telephone interview, Mr. Tobar said that after he submitted his manuscript, Mr. McDonald sent him a 13-page single-spaced memorandum detailing what needed to be done with each chapter of the book. He said his book was like Mr. Frey's and added that Mr. Mcdonald helped bring his voice into mainstream America. 