Kiss the Detective
A Lefty Mendieta Investigation (Book 4)
$37.37
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
13 July 2021
Summary
An intelligent, atmospheric police procedural series for fans of John Le Carre and Mick Heron.
“The most important thing that’s happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years.” - Gaby Wood, Sunday Telegraph.
Detective Lefty Mendieta makes a deal with the devil in a gripping new novel from the Godfather of Narco Lit.
Short of leads on the execution-style murder of a fortune-teller, Detective Lefty Mendieta turns to his contacts in the drug underworld. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529403992 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529403995 |
| Author: | Élmer Mendoza, Mark Fried |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 13 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
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.
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. – Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
If you are fed up with formulaic noir novels and looking for something fresher, Élmer Mendoza … could be the answer. – John Dugdale * Sunday Times. *
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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