{"product_id":"mariguano-9781937875329","title":"Mariguano","description":"Set on the Texas\/Mexico border during the early years of Reagan's \"War on Drugs,\" Mariguano tells the story of contrabandisto Don Julio Cortina's ill-fated attempt to secure the Plaza at a national level by fixing the 1988 Mexican Presidential elections. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story is told through the eyes of Cortina's son, El Johnny, who bears witness to his father's cocaine-fueled transformation from devoted head of family to self-destructive head of a criminal organization that is rife with betrayal and deceit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anyone who wants to understand the tragedy of modern-day Mexico and America's complicity in the Mexican drug wars will want to read Mariguano, a novel that recalls classic crime narratives such as Nicholas Pileggi's \u003ci\u003eWiseguys\u003c\/i\u003e or William S. Burroughs's \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e but also reads like the work of the best Mexican and Latin American novelists such as Carlos Fuentes and Gabriel García Márquez.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas Review Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937875329\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Juan Ochoa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507357315253,"sku":"9781937875329","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_49813444-16ef-432a-a493-2e36359b9e9e.jpg?v=1722311932","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mariguano-9781937875329","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}