The Cartel (Power of the Dog #2)

by Don Winslow

Mexico is a very good place to be a criminal.

Keller had a professor in college who said that civilization was a matter of plumbing. That basically, the infrastructure for moving clean water in and filthy water out is what allowed people to congregate in large populations in permanent dwellings and create cities and cultures. Otherwise, people had to be nomads to literally escape their own shit.

“Sorpresa, hijo de puta.” Surprise, motherfucker. —