![]() ![]() No one since James Ellroy has conveyed the morally troubled heart of the American dream with such savage aim, and Winslow cleverly adds a pointed political dimension to his saga. An epic chronicle of the American war against drugs, set on the Mexican border and against the background of the government's underhand encouragement, sponsoring and active financing of the development of the drug cartels and their trade, this is a sheer whirlpool of characters in all shades of black and grey, of corrupt agencies and souls, tainted do-gooders and psychopaths, a tapestry of violence and despair like no other. ![]() Each book thus has a tremendous impact and this puts even the excellent The Death and Life of Bobby Z and California Fire and Life in the shade. ![]() Unlike so many other US hardboiled writers, Don Winslow is far from prolific and hasn't for some time dabbled in series characters. The Power of the Dog, by Don Winslow (Heinemann, £17.99) ![]()
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