first set
basement sees the little boy and in the same moment the Flash of a reflection in the viewfinder. to say
The book
“what he can from Washington in regard to Mexico, the company, when the true origin of the Opiatproblems is possibly on Wall Street,” in the new Thriller the American star author Don Winslow. The last part of his epic trilogy about the war against drugs, this week, as “The Border” in the USA, and at the same time as the “year of the hunter” in German, appears to be, plays an essential part in the USA and less in Mexico.
“The Power of The Dog” (2005; English “day of the dead”, 2010) drew Winslow’s attention. A Thriller, as had read it before. Relentlessly, he dissected the function of the drug cartels in Mexico, the hopeless battle American agents. A book full of brutality, which leaves one breathless. Leg hard. High exciting. At the same time full of humanity. Ten years later, Winslow is not in accordance with “The Cartel” (2015; English “The cartel”, 2015) less furious.
“years of the hunter” is the story of the American drug fahnders kind of basement in the German edition now on a total of over 2500 pages. And everything is thoroughly researched and grippingly told. It reads the banned one page at a time, don’t want to put the book.
Winslow’s Hero kind of basement is disillusioned. After decades of war against drugs, the billion, there are more drugs and drug-related deaths in the United States than ever before. “You stand with the broom on the Rio Grande”, thinks the cellar, “try the heroin flood and stop, while billionaires outsourcing Jobs to foreign factories close, hopes and dreams shattered, cause pain.” The causes, which drive people into drug, would you start.
As of the office of the chief of the US drug enforcement administration DEA is offered, he sees a Chance to perhaps change something. The basement want to try to stop the drug money flows. But it is, of all things, the son-in-law of the new US President, is not difficult to see as a Trump to rescuing an ailing real estate project with $ 300 million in drug money from Mexico. The influence of the cartels extends to the White house. In addition, Winslow skillfully weaves a number of storylines that takes the reader to the cartels in Mexico, in Central American Slums, in prisons, in the New York drug scene.
Like the original title says, this is the book of boundaries. From the border, to which the President of a wall wants to build. From boundaries between the layers of society. And emotional and moral limits. “Year of the hunter” is a sensational novel. And most likely the Thriller of the year.
rating
author
Don Winslow, born in 1953 in New York City, grew up on the coast of Rhode Island. He studied at the University of Nebraska African history and also worked as a private investigator and Safari guide in Kenya and China, before he began to study military history. In the early 1990s, he launched his writer career with the series is the private investigator Neal Carey. At the latest since the masterpiece “The Power of The Dog” (2005; English 2010 as “The day of the dead”) is one of Winslow one of the best authors of the genre. After this, the war on drugs-epic, he excelled with a couple of witty southern California-Surfer-detective stories, which have appeared in English before “The day of the dead”. In the meantime, Winslow has published more than 20 books. “Savages” was filmed in 2012 by Oliver Stone, and made Winslow definitely the Star. In addition to his brilliant novels also little compelling works such as “retaliation” and “Missing published in English. Germany” were not published in the Original. Don Winslow is an advocate for the legalization of drugs, because only decriminalization could put the cartels and gangs out of business. He lives with his wife in southern California.
Don Winslow: “year of the hunter” (Original: “The Border”, William Morrow, New York in 2019). From the English of Conny Lösch. Droemer, Munich, 2019. 989 pages, about 38 Fr.
(editing Tamedia)
Created: 27.02.2019, 15:37 PM