If you have seen Narcos on Netflix, then you should read this book. Seriously. Villalobos' book is at once both horrifying and brilliant. Told from the viewpoint of a young boy who reveals far more than he believes, the book looks at not only the drug trade but also people's responses to it.And the ...
I appreciate and social and political satire of this novel and I enjoyed the voice and travels of the protagonist but my emotional connection was kind of tenuous. And at the end, I just felt it went off the rails.