The Cartel: The Inside Story of Britain's Biggest Drugs Gang

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Another aspect that started to wear on me a bit was how repetitive the violence got after a while. This isn’t necessarily Winslow’s failure because he is depicting reality here, and he has his characters becoming numb to the most vicious atrocities as well as commenting several times on how even the unthinkable can become routine if you see a enough of it. So I can understand why he didn’t skimp on that aspect, but it does start to grind you down as a reader after a while.

Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shattered. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-year odyssey to take him down.Narcovaqueros, mafia al puro y clásico estilo italoamericano, con una jauría de irlandeses armados hasta los dientes, policías corruptos, tenemos un soplón con el sugerente y sincero sobrenombre de "Mamada" y también un santo milagroso, todo esto y más conforman el mundo de este thriller épico, coral y sangriento sobre la búsqueda de la redención y el poder. However, as brutal as the world of Gotham City is, it ain’t got nothing on the violence littered throughout Winslow’s novel. There are some difficult scenes to get through in this book, so if you’re a little queasy or are unable to stomach graphic violence (one scene involving children in particular), I would probably steer clear. The thing is, this novel is heavily researched (Winslow worked on it for fifteen years prior to publication) as it mirrors many actual historical events, so I can’t imagine Winslow had to get all that creative when it came to the bloodshed. Also, for a novel that includes a vivid depiction of some kid dunked head-first into an overflowing outhouse, Winslow is surprisingly squeamish when it comes to people getting buggered by a hot poker. Aún así, el ritmo imprimido a la historia te atrapa rápido y no puedes soltar el libro ni parar de sufrir sabiendo que no está nada alejada de la realidad. Sufrir no tanto por las escenas crueles y sangrientas de torturas, que sí... si no más por la consciencia de que las tramas de corrupción e intereses políticos y eclesiásticos tejidas alrededor del narcotráfico, seguro son producto de una gran labor de documentación.

A favor : muy bien escrito, te engancha desde el comienzo. Mantiene la tensión narrativa a lo largo de toda su extensión, que es mucha. Describe el mundo de las drogas, del narcotráfico mejicano, con un realismo crudo, con pocas concesiones a la sonrisa. La sinopsis os dice de que va. Yo sólo os añado que se me puso mal cuerpo en varios pasajes, así de cruda y fielmente te presenta esas salvajadas por parte de las mafias de la droga. Espeluznante. Gli uomini, ma anche le donne di questo romanzo sembrano appartenere alla categoria che "non deve chiedere mai”, resa celebre dallo spot del deodorante Denim Musk. There’s a love/hate feel to each one. Some of the decisions and actions they make in this book will leave you gutted and feel rage. Winslow è stato un investigatore privato, consulente per studi legali e compagnie di assicurazione, esperto di tecniche antisequestro per personale diplomatico: si sente e si apprezza nella lettura, ci sono elementi snodi e particolari che altrimenti sarebbe difficile incontrare. O ha una grande fantasia, o una grande conoscenza della materia che racconta (la seconda non esclude la prima).

What assistance has the U.S. government provided?

My only complaint is that the end of the book seems a bit less ambitious and kind of a let down compared to the build up. It’s like something you’d see in a Hollywood movie, but this is still an epic crime story written in a unique style by one of my favorites. Documentación de 10 llevada con realismo, y da miedo, pues la realidad supera a la ficción y en la ambición, crueldad, empatía y lucha a costa de vidas ajenas, no hay nada que le gane al ser humano. This reminds me a bit of Elroy’s American Tabloid with Winslow using a group of fictional characters tearing themselves to bits on the sharp hidden edges of history, and the style is even a bit similar. Winslow also does a great job of using the story to create a broader theme about the ultimate futility and hypocrisy of the drug war. The audiobook and all of it's wonderful and sound effects are worth a laugh. I have to give credit tot the narrator. As is usually the case with these books -There are a host of characters. More than the authors could even keep up with. The pair started out writing as 17 years old freshers and became instant successes with works of fiction which was largely based from their own childhood in Flint, Michigan.

Two characters who stand out are Sean Callan and Sal Scachi. Callan, “the coldest mother***** I ever saw” was an inner city Irish loner who discovered his particular power of violence by accident in a bar in New York. We follow his wet career of assassinations and violence throughout the book. Winslow reveals Callan as a reluctant killer, one who is tortured by his “ghosts” and who seeks absolution while always drawn to one more job. I read this book right around the time my brother-in-law died. It’s not what I would’ve chosen (filled with sadness, death, and hopelessness), but it was at hand. It’s a testament to Winslow’s storytelling abilities that it captured and held my attention during an impossible time.

How are drugs smuggled into the United States?

Il regista canadese Denis Villeneuve e il direttore della fotografia inglese Roger Deakins studiano un’inquadratura sul set del film “Sicario”. A partir de 1975, Winslow nos lleva a través de treinta años de altibajos de la guerra sucia de Estados Unidos contra los cárteles mexicanos de la droga. Sigue a policías en ambos lados de la frontera, algunos limpios, la mayoría con un brazo en las sombra. Capos, escuadrones de la CIA, asesinos oficiales y no oficiales, prostitutas de diferentes niveles, militares con y sin uniforme y los que se interponen en sus caminos. He disfrutado muchísimo. ¡Qué novela más redonda de principio a fin! ¡Qué capacidad de enlazar historias! ¡Durante tantos años! Como van saliendo personajes y piensas: "qué tiene que ver este tipo con México", "y esta tía, qué pinta aquí?" Y después lo descubres. Te lo va enseñando poco a poco. Y lo narra muy bien. Con crueldad y con ternura. Con violencia y con suavidad. This is a huge book in every way—for its effects on people’s thinking and actions, in its implications for drug policy worldwide, and in the scope of its historical documentation. It is very up to date. In the fabulous and informative July 13, 2015 interview at Politics & Prose, the Washington, D.C. bookstore, and published online by Slate magazine, Winslow describes the genesis of this book and his writing process. The original stories in the five books highlight how far Ashley and JaQuavis have come from their early writing. They are now considered to be top of the league in the Street Lit genre.