The Power Of The Dog

Description

"From the bestselling author of "Savages "(now an Oliver Stone film). "An explosive novel of the drug trade, "The Power of the Dog," takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge.Art Montana is an obsessive DEA agent. The Barrera brothers are heirs to a drug empire. Nora Hayden is a jaded teenager who becomes a high-class hooker. Father Parada is a powerful and uncorruptable Catholic priest. Callan is an Irish kid from Hell's kitchen who grows up to be a merciless hitman. And they are all trapped in the world of the Mexican drug "Federaci"o"n." From the streets of New York City to Mexico City and Tiajuana to the jungles of Central America, this is the war on drugs like you've never seen it.

Reviews

"An express train of a thriller that cannot be put down. . . . One of this year's finest novels." --"The Baltimore Sun""A pit bull of a book. Once unleashed, this thriller . . . charges and attacks without mercy, shredding anyone in its path. . . . A well-tuned plot, driving rhythm, intelligence and a touch of politics. . . . A page turner." --"The Washington Post""Powerful. . . . A heartbreaking chronicle of the drug wars between the U.S. and Mexico, which is biblical in its dramatic scope and in the classic beauty of its prose rumbling in the background like heavenly thunder." --"The Chicago Tribune" "A rippingly good thriller. . . . It fumes, it smokes, it burns; it soars, it pitches, it cascades along." --"The Dallas Morning News""The war on drugs is powerfully dramatized in Winslow's ambitious, dense and gritty latest . . . Winslow's depth of research and unflagging attention to detail give the story both heft and immediacy, and his staccato, present-tense prose shifts easily among wildly disparate settings and multiple points of view. A complex plot, well-drawn characters and plenty of double-crossing make this a thinking person's narco-thriller."--"Publishers Weekly""This book comes at you like a champion boxer, deft and probing, and bristling with menace. Aiming for both the head and the gut, it connects solidly with every punch."--Dan Fesperman, author of "The Warlord's Son"""The Power of the Dog "is the most compelling crime novel I've read in several years. It's sharply written, vertiginously fast, and best of all it's about something. In the unholy trinity of narcotics, dollars and politics Winslow has located our heart of darkness. This is a spectacular novel, disturbing and unforgettable."--T. Jefferson Parker, author of "California Girl""With an epic's scope and a freight train's rush, "The Power of the Dog" is an absolute page-turner. I couldn't put it down and I was sorry when it ended. As always, Don Winslow delivers!"--S.J. Rozan, author of "Absen

Author description

Don Winslow has worked as a private investigator in London, New York City, and elsewhere in the United States, and as a consultant to law firms and insurance companies for more than fifteen years.