What is the book about house of the scorpion?

Answer 1

It's About a Boy namedMatteo Alacran (Matt), who is the clone of one of the most powerful man in the world, El Patron, leader of a futuristic (not in technology, really, but in other ways) country called Opium between the US and Aztlan (Mexico). Most clones get their brain destroyed at birth, but El Patron was rich enough to avoid that, but since other clones are brainless, everybody at the Alacran estate fears Matt and calls him an animal. Most of the book is about Matt's struggles as a clone from ages 6 to 14, but there is also a part where he is trying to escape. Sorry about the long answer, but I really enjoyed this book and hope others read it, too.