$40.02
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2017
Summary
With contributions from seven of Mexico’s finest journalists, this is reportage at its bravest and most necessary. It has the power to change the world’s view of their country, and by the force of its truth, to start to heal the country’s many sorrows.
Veering between carnival and apocalypse, Mexico has in the last ten years become the epicentre of the international drug trade. The so-called “war on drugs” has been a brutal and chaotic failure (more than 160,000 lives have been lost).…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857056221 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857056220 |
| Author: | Lydia Cacho, Juan Villoro, Diego Enrique Osorno, Marcela Turati, Emiliano Ruiz Parra, Elena Poniatowska, Anabel Hernández, Sergio González Rodríguez, Samantha Schnee, Jennifer Adcock |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2017 |
| Weight: | 283g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 24mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The Sorrows of Mexico describes not only the bloody tragedy of this beautiful country, but also the struggle to make things better.– Ioan Grillo , Author of Gangster Warlords and El Narco.
The Sorrows of Mexico describes not only the bloody tragedy of this beautiful country, but also the struggle to make things better. - Author of Gangster Warlords and El Narco.
Indispensable … What is striking about these essays is the sensibilities they reveal, the sense of exasperation, resignation and wry anger coursing through the collection - Times Literary SupplementReturns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.