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argyl

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28. "The Cartel" by Don Winslow.

Mon Aug 31, 2015, 01:06 PM

Aug 2015

And I'd read his book "The Power of the Dog" first. It's a prequel of sorts but "The Cartel" can be read as a stand alone.

It's about the horrific damage the drug trade has done to Mexico, and to individuals either caught up or actively involved in it. Government and governmental agency corruption is highlighted.

The novel is too richly textured with so many aspects and levels of this horror to our South for a few paragraphs to suffice even scratching the surface of this magnificently written book.

The depravity and hyper violence is unsettling and ,tragically, all too true to life.

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