{"product_id":"r1_b4_5147_9780857052582_190221","title":"Silver Bullets by Mendoza, Élmer | Paperback |  Subject: Mafia \u0026 Organised Crime | Item Code:5147","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduct DescriptionFor Detective Edgar \"Lefty\" Mendieta, tormented by past heartbreak and dismayed by all-pervasive corruption, the murder of lawyer Bruno Canizales represents just another day at the office in Culiacán, Mexico's capital of narco-crime.There is no shortage of suspects in a city where it's hard to tell the gangsters from the politicians. Canizales was the son of a former government minister and the lover of a drug lord's daughter, and he nurtured a penchant for cross-dressing and edgy sex. But why did the assassin use a silver bullet? And why, six days later, did he apparently strike again? Mendieta's hunt for the killer takes him from mansions to low-life bars, from gumshoe reporters to glamourous transsexuals. Unearthing the truth can be as dangerous as any drug.ReviewOne 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-ReverteThe 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 -- Gaby Wood,Sunday TelegraphIf you are fed up with formulaic noir novels and looking for something fresher, Elmer Mendoza's dazzlingSilver Bullets could be the answer -- John Dugdale,Sunday TimesPresents Mexico in a darkly surrealist light: corrupt politicos, a plague of narco-crime and only battered detective Edgar \"Lefty\" Mendieta on the side of the angels -- Barry Forshaw,IndependentCasts a wide net over modern Mexican life and an array of well-drawn characters, some powerful, some weak, some depraved . . . Mendoza's creation is nothing like standard pulp fiction -- Justin Warshaw,Times Literary SupplementBook DescriptionA thrilling, sweltering noir from the undisputed Godfather of Mexican crime fictionAbout the AuthorÉlmer Mendoza was born in Culiacán, México 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 José Fuentes Mares National Literary Prize forJanis Joplin's Lover, and the Tusquets Prize forSilver Bullets.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Used Good Paperback","offers":[{"title":"Used Good","offer_id":40640333906083,"sku":"R1_B4_5147_9780857052582_190221","price":129.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0249\/3857\/8002\/products\/51qPm8yMm5L.SY400.jpg?v=1613760739","url":"https:\/\/www.worthing.in\/products\/r1_b4_5147_9780857052582_190221","provider":"Worthing.in","version":"1.0","type":"link"}