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Silver Bullets
Elmer Mendoza
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Description for Silver Bullets
Paperback. A thrilling, sweltering noir from the undisputed Godfather of Mexican "Narco-Lit" Translator(s): Fried, Mark. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 172.
For Detective Edgar Lefty Mendieta, tormented by past heartbreak and dismayed by all-pervasive corruption, the murder of lawyer Bruno Canizales represents just another day at the office in Culiacan, Mexico's capital of narco-crime. There is no shortage of suspects in a city where it's hard to tell the gangsters from the politicians. Canizales was the son of a former government minister and the lover of a drug lord's daughter, and he nurtured a penchant for cross-dressing and edgy sex. But why did the assassin use a silver bullet? And why, six days later, did he ... Read more
For Detective Edgar Lefty Mendieta, tormented by past heartbreak and dismayed by all-pervasive corruption, the murder of lawyer Bruno Canizales represents just another day at the office in Culiacan, Mexico's capital of narco-crime. There is no shortage of suspects in a city where it's hard to tell the gangsters from the politicians. Canizales was the son of a former government minister and the lover of a drug lord's daughter, and he nurtured a penchant for cross-dressing and edgy sex. But why did the assassin use a silver bullet? And why, six days later, did he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
172g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782064909
SKU
V9781782064909
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About Elmer Mendoza
Elmer Mendoza was born in Culiacan, Mexico in 1949. He is a professor and author, widely regarded as the founder of 'narco-lit', which explores drug trafficking and corruption in Latin America. He won the Jose Fuentes Mares National Literary Prize for Janis Joplin's Lover, and the Tusquets Prize for Silver Bullets.
Reviews for Silver Bullets
Casts a wide net over modern Mexican life and an array of well-drawn characters, some powerful, some weak, some depraved . . . Mendoza's creation is nothing like standard pulp fiction
Justin Warshaw
Times Literary Supplement
Presents Mexico in a darkly surrealist light: corrupt politicos, a plague of narco-crime and only battered detective Edgar Lefty ... Read more
Justin Warshaw
Times Literary Supplement
Presents Mexico in a darkly surrealist light: corrupt politicos, a plague of narco-crime and only battered detective Edgar Lefty ... Read more