by Don Winslow
First I want to thank Char's Horror Corner for reading, reviewing and then recommending this book to me. Don Winslow shows the readers what the war on drugs really looks like: Alright normally I would write the premise of the book here but this book is fairly complex and truly the war on drugs ...
The Americans take a product that literally grows on trees and turn it into a valuable commodity. Without them, cocaine and marijuana would be like oranges, and instead of making billions smuggling it, I’d be making pennies doing stoop labor in some California field, picking it. And the truly funn...
Good but not great. This documents in horrifying detail the vicious takeover and expansion of a Mexican cocaine cartel, it’s involvement in America’s war on communism, the political machinations of Opus Dei and much else. On the surface, it’s a rip-roaring read; Winslow has put the research in and h...
"The Power of the Dog" starts in 1975 and follows the DEA's involvement with the War on Drugs and various aspects of Operation Condor. It took the author over 6 years of writing and research before its publication. In every aspects it is evident the tremendous effort he has invested into his version...
"The Power of the Dog" starts in 1975 and follows the DEA's involvement with the War on Drugs and various aspects of Operation Condor. It took the author over 6 years of writing and research before its publication. In every aspects it is evident the tremendous effort he has invested into his version...
Don Winslow's third book, after The Death & Life of Bobby Z and California Fire & Life, moves him resoundingly into the realm of writers like Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy, George Pelecanos, writers who practice their craft within the strictures of a certain genre but who through their artistry soa...
Yet another awesome book by Winslow!
A great read. The plot revolves around the war on drugs and while, at times, graphically violent the action and characters were unfortunately all too believable.
Utterly epic crime novel from one of the best crime novelists writing today. Winslow's books are a pleasure to read and this one is no exception. The story of the rise of a Mexican drug cartel over thirty or so years and of one DEA agent who tried to stop the cartel while being constantly undermined...
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