Don't Send Flowers
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- 95,00 kr
Publisher Description
A gritty novel of Mexico's volatile and violent narco-state. "A kind of Molotov cocktail that explodes in the hands of the reader."—Forbes (Mexico)
From a writer whose work has been praised by Junot Díaz as "Latin American fiction at its pulpy phantasmagorical finest," Don't Send Flowers is a riveting novel centered on Carlos Treviño, a retired police detective in northern Mexico.
A seventeen-year-old girl has disappeared after a fight with her boyfriend that was interrupted by armed men, leaving the boyfriend on life support and the girl an apparent kidnap victim. It's a common occurrence in the region—prime narco territory—but the girl's parents are rich and powerful, and determined to find their daughter at any cost. When they call upon Carlos Treviño, he tracks the missing heiress north to the town of La Eternidad, on the Gulf of Mexico not far from the U.S. border—all while constantly attempting to evade detection by La Eternidad's chief of police, Commander Margarito Gonzalez, who is in the pockets of the cartels and has a score to settle with Treviño.
A gritty tale of murder and kidnapping, crooked cops and violent gang disputes, Don't Send Flowers is "a powerful, kaleidoscopic tale set in a society where there is no center to hold . . . another urgent and vital work from a writer to watch" (Booklist, starred review).
"Rich in conception and execution . . . Don't Send Flowers is full of odd twists and strange surprises."—The Wall Street Journal
"An excellent, frightening portrayal of the breadth and depth of Mexico's cartel violence and systemic corruption."—Publishers Weekly
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Solares follows The Black Minutes with a gripping crime story set amid Mexico's escalating drug cartel wars and a nationwide atmosphere of police and judicial corruption. Extortion, kidnapping, and wholesale murder rule the Gulf city of La Eternidad in 2014. When a wealthy businessman's teenage daughter is kidnapped, he reluctantly asks ex-cop Carlos Trevi o for help. However, because he was an honest cop, Carlos is hiding from his most dangerous enemy: Police Chief Margarito Gonz lez, a corrupt, vicious killer with a grudge. Carlos takes the case but knows he cannot trust anyone certainly not the police, the military, the American consul, the man who hired him, or even the loyal bodyguard assigned to help him. His investigation is full of menace and contradictions, pitting him against merciless narco gangs and the equally ruthless and greedy officials who protect them. Betrayal is a constant threat, and Carlos knows he's on borrowed time. He is a good detective, bold and smart, and soon realizes the kidnapping is much more complex and sinister than he first thought. This is an excellent, frightening portrayal of the breadth and depth of Mexico's cartel violence and systemic corruption.
