In a world characterised by its brutality, all of Winslow's incredibly varied cast - including a high class prostitute, an Irish hitman and a charismatic Catholic priest - are searching for salvation.ĭon Winslow's masterpiece is not only a page-turning thriller but also a rich and compelling novel in the league of Ellroy or Delillo.

His nephew, Adan Barrera, is his worthy successor.Īrt Keller is the US government operative, so determined to obtain revenge for a murdered colleague that his pusuit of the cartel veers dangerously towards an obsession outside the law. Intricate plotting and manic energy power this page-turner.Don Winslow's break-out novel is a hugely ambitious, page-turning thriller about power and revenge in the tradition of the Great American Novel.ĭrug lord Miguel Angel Barrera is head of the Mexican drug federación, responsible for millions of dollars worth of cocaine traffic into the US and the torture of those who stand in its way. war on drugs, tracing flawed policies that have cost DEA agents their lives yet failed to stop the flow of drugs across the border. The cast also features an Irish hit man, a call girl, and a priest, as Winslow feverishly indicts the U.S. The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow (ebook) The Power of the Dog Don Winslow, Click to preview From the New York Times bestselling author, here is the first novel in the explosive Power of the Dog seriesan action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge. The novel portrays the story of two brothers, Phil and George Burbank, who have inherited family property and operate a cattle ranch. It takes place in 1925 in Montana, just as the frontier era has come to a close. Their friendship will eventually turn into a personal vendetta of epic proportions when it is revealed that their uncle, Miguel, a member of the state police, is a drug kingpin. The Power of the Dog is a 1967 Western fiction novel written by the American author Thomas Savage. On his first posting, to Culiacan, Mexico, capital of the drug trade, Art befriends the Barrera brothers. A hugely ambitious, page-turning thriller of power and. The Power of the Dog, Winslow is a true-crime writer skilled at creating deep and compelling characters, He populates the novel with.

At the center of the novel is DEA agent Art Keller, who makes a fatal mistake as an idealistic rookie. Buy The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow for 27.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. Don Winslow’s new novel, The Cartel (1/2 out of four). He also displays bold ambition as he takes on the war on drugs, moving his extremely violent story between the DEA, the Latin American drug cartels, and the Mob. New York Times bestselling author Don Winslow has written twenty-one novels, including The Border, The Force, The Kings of Cool, Savages, The Winter of Frankie Machine and the highly acclaimed epics The Power of the Dog and The Cartel. Winslow ( California Fire and Life, 1999) once again offers a crime novel with breakneck pacing, a sardonic worldview, and a teeming cast of superheated characters.

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