false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171206681m/90413.jpg 90413 38 The critically acclaimed, beloved, and bestselling author of <i>The Club Dumas</i> and <i>The Nautical Chart</i> delivers his most magniÞcent novel to date. <br><br> Few authors inspire the kind of passion that Arturo Pérez-Reverte does. Reviewers, readers, and booksellers alike have embraced his fiction as the perfect blend of suspense and literary ambition. A global bestseller, he is one of the most admired and widely read authors in the world. And his stunning new novel is his best yet. <br><br> A remarkable tale, <i>The Queen of the South</i> spans continents, from the dusty streets of Mexico to the sparkling waters off the coast of Morocco, to Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar. A sweeping story set to the irresistible beat of the drug smugglers' ballads, it encompasses sensuality and cruelty, love and betrayal, as its heroine's story unfolds. <br><br> Teresa Mendoza's boyfriend is a drug smuggler who the narcos of Sinaloa, Mexico, call "the king of the short runway," because he can get a plane full of coke off the ground in three hundred yards. But in a ruthless business, life can be short, and Teresa even has a special cell phone that Guero gave her along with a dark warning. If that phone rings, it means he's dead, and she'd better run, because they're coming for her next. <br><br> Then the call comes. <br><br> In order to survive, she will have to say goodbye to the old Teresa, an innocent girl who once entrusted her life to a pinche narco smuggler. She will have to find inside herself a woman who is tough enough to inhabit a world as ugly and dangerous as that of the narcos-a woman she never before knew existed. Indeed, the woman who emerges will surprise even those who know her legend, that of the Queen of the South. 2302976 2002 The Queen of the South total:1078|5:301|4:421|3:272|2:54|1:30| 1078 4143 1478 181 3 4 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 20 07:18:29 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 20 10:13:27 -0700 2009
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I'm on holiday - hurrah! This means it is time to turn my attention to the (very important) task of learning Spanish. I made two "New Year's Resolutions". One was to learn some Spanish before the year was out, the other was to keep a running list of the books I have read on thi...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 05 04:54:10 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 04:56:32 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 12:26:42 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 09:00:18 -0800 2009 "De pronto comprendió que, durante aquél larguísimo viaje de ida y vuelta, sólo había adquirido tres certezas sobre la vida y los seres humanos: que matan, recuerdan y mueren"

La Historia de Camelia la Tejana, la protagonista de aquel corrido norteño, se cristaliza en una ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:25:59 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:25:59 -0800 2009 Spanish author Arturo P_�rez-Reverte's sixth thriller, modeled after Dant_�s' story in Alexandre Dumas's Count of Monte Cristo, received mixed reviews. For some critics, it's a rip-roaring read that showcases an impressive insight into the international drug trade. In fact, the author draws such viv...

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Talk about a line to draw a reader into a story! And it did pull me into the first chapter.

Then I paused. What, he’s making drug-scum into heroes and heroines? I didn’t really want to go on. Yet, I couldn’t resist t...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Mar 11 12:29:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 05 19:16:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 00:48:31 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 01:02:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Apr 25 04:00:15 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 04:00:44 -0700 2008 Gostei imenso de algumas passagen...more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Dec 16 12:38:08 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 12:40:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 05 12:24:41 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 12:28:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=90413