Name of the Dog: A Lefty Mendieta Investigation (Book 3)
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
6 February 2019
Summary
Name of the Dog: A Lefty Mendieta Investigation
Perfect for fans of Mick Herron and John Le Carre
“The most important thing that’s happened in Mexican literature in the last thirty years” Gaby Wood, *Sunday Telegraph.*
It’s Christmas in Culiacan and Detective Edgar “Lefty” Mendieta can’t believe his luck. An old flame has returned with a teenage son he knew nothing about. Happiness seems to finally beckon for our careworn hero. The o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781782064947 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 178206494X |
| Author: | Mark Fried, Élmer Mendoza |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 6 February 2019 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 130mm x 19mm |
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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 Telegraph.A vivid glimpse into an ultraviolent world of macho posturing, unorthodox policing and ruthless criminality. - Guardian.If you are fed up with formulaic noir novels and looking for something fresher, Elmer Mendoza … could be the answer. - Sunday Times.Essential reading. - Sunday Express.About The Author
Mark Fried
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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