Anthony's review
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre
by Richard Grant
Anthony's review
God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre by Richard Grant
Anthony's review
rating:
This book was great. I was expecting just ridiculous travel tales and outlandish stories- which are abundant by the way; however it is just as much of a study in regional culture and customs. Drug kingpins, outlandish gauchos (Mexican cowboys), lost tribes of native cultures, violence, poverty, religous juxtapositions of drug dealers and assasains who go to shrines of the Virgin to have their cargo and bullets blessed- this book has it all.
The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was that towards the last 1/4 of the book it starts to drag a little but the finish does remain strong.
The only reason I did not give it 5 stars was that towards the last 1/4 of the book it starts to drag a little but the finish does remain strong.
