The Acid Test
$30.06
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
13 February 2018
Summary
When the mutilated body of Mayra Cabral de Melo is found in a dusty field, Detective Edgar “Lefty” Mendieta has personal reasons for bringing the culprit to justice. Mayra, a well-known stripper, had no shortage of ardent, deluded and downright dangerous admirers, and Lefty himself is haunted by the night he spent in her company.
As Mexico’s drug war ramps up, Lefty’s pursuit of a gallery of jealous and powerful suspects, all with a murderous glint in their eye, leads him to Samantha …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782064923 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1782064923 |
| Author: | Élmer Mendoza, Mark Fried |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 13 February 2018 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Essential reading.
One of the biggest names in Mexican literature … A true novelist … No one has captured the exciting and passionate nature of the Mexican vernacular like him
The literary representative of modern-day Mexico in its narco-incarnation … The most important thing that’s happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years - Sunday TelegraphIf you are fed up with formulaic noir novels and looking for something fresher, Elmer Mendoza … could be the answer - Sunday TimesPresents Mexico in a darkly surrealist light: corrupt politicos, a plague of narco-crime and only battered detective Edgar “Lefty” Mendieta on the side of the angels - IndependentMendoza conveys a clear sense of life in Culiacan through the violence of the competing cartels and a simmering expectation and acceptance of corruption - Publishers WeeklyEssential reading. - Sunday Express.A vivid glimpse into an ultraviolent world of macho posturing, unorthodox policing and ruthless criminality. - Guardian.About The Author
Élmer 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.
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