The Cartel, the blockbuster sequel to The Power of the Dog, is also available. In a brutal world filled with striking characters, from a high class prostitute to an Irish hitman and a charismatic Catholic priest, everyone is in search of some kind of salvation - or damnation.ĭon Winslow's masterpiece is not only a page-turning thriller but also a rich and compelling novel in the league of James Ellroy or Don DeLillo.

His nephew, Adan Barrera, is his worthy successor.Īrt Keller is a US government operative, so determined to obtain revenge for a murdered colleague that his pursuit of the cartel veers dangerously towards an obsession outside the law. Superb' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAYĪ brilliant page-turning thriller of power and revenge on the front lines of the drug war.ĭrug lord Miguel Angel Barrera is head of the Mexican drug federacion, responsible for millions of dollars worth of cocaine traffic into the US and the torture and murder of those who stand in its way. should have a place on every crime freak's bookshelf. A book like The Power of the Dog rarely comes along, and when it does, let it break your heart and open your mind.'Winslow's masterpiece (so far). Winslow has written a maelstrom of a fictional political and historical book, eternally complicated, filled with killers and lovers, passion, betrayal and the quest for redemption. Author Winslow has been thorough in his research, both for historical and plotting-strategy purposes. This tale is elevated as well by Winslow's cast of evocative characters.

The book's greatness doesn't derive solely from its astute dissection of governmental deception. policy regarding the so-called War on Drugs (which is really tantamount to a non-war on drugs). Dog is relentless in the pounding it delivers to U.S.

It will leave you stunned, but also sickened by the dark side of American democracy. Don Winslow is the author of twenty-one acclaimed, award-winning international bestsellers, including the New York Times bestsellers The Force and The Border, the 1 international bestseller The Cartel, The Power of the Dog, Savages, and The Winter of Frankie Machine. The Power of the Dog is the best crime novel about the Western Hemisphere's drug trade I have read in many years. government has already been waning of late.then reading Don Winslow's newest tour de force, The Power of the Dog, is likely to put the torch to whatever particle of faith you still possess.

The power of the dog by don winslow