The Cartel: A white-knuckle drug war thriller

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I decided to do the audiobook for this book and series because Ray Porter is the godfather when it comes to doing narration. In the interim we rewatched a little Reservoir Dogs to get our blood, gore and F word content this week . Written in fast-paced present tense The Power of the Dog has something very much in common with its subject matter; after the first hit, you’re hooked. In The Power of the Dog, Winslow heavily features the Mexican drug war, but he also tackles the mob in New York City, prostitution in southern California and the communist scare in South America.

Ha oído a bebedores reformados contar que iban en coche a la licorería, sin dejar de jurar que no lo iban a hacer, entrar y jurar que no iban a comprar, comprar y jurar que no iban a beber lo que acababan de comprar. More than that, power as currency – it is a neutral element, existing as a tool to be used for various reasons and in multiple contexts.review: Looking back on when I read this; I just really liked the title, but then on seeing its length and sprawling war on drugs story, I sort of got distracted It never truly grabbed my attention? He’s fighting an uphill battle against murderous criminals whom he refuses to kill, instead choosing to have them tried by a hopelessly corrupt system as he tries to be a decent man in an indecent world.

Having said that, I must also say that this is also a very long read and I was tiring of it with 100 pages to go. He shows you the interaction between Mexican organized crime, and American organized crime (here focusing on the Mafia, rather than street gangs), along with the complicity of the Mexican government and the meddling, regime-destabilizing antics of the U.This is a novel where you can see all the moving parts, but it’s constructed so well, that it never matters.

But like the best of Historical Fiction, it is able to convey the temperature and altitude of the real world it is describing. However, considering that Winslow has written over a dozen books and for my money is one of the best and most underrated guys working in crime fiction today, getting a bronze medal is pretty damn good. First, if you are in need of a sensitivity reader or a trigger warning this is NOT the book for you.This series pops up occasionally and I always manage to avoid it – mainly because although I read all the time, I generally do not enjoy puppysquishers and try to leave them at an arm’s length. Winslow nos enseña las entrañas de estas mafias, la lucha entre ellos mismos, el poder de los narcos para someter gobiernos, el juego de la CIA para quitar gobiernos incómodos sin importarles drogas o muertes de inocentes.