The Cartel, Don Winslow
The Cartel, Don Winslow
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The Cartel

Author: Don Winslow

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 23 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/23/2015

Synopsis

From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dog comes The Cartel, a gripping, ripped-from-the-headlines story of power, corruption, revenge, and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican-American drug wars.It’s 2004. DEA agent Art Keller has been fighting the war on drugs for thirty years in a blood feud against Adán Barrera, the head of El Federación, the world’s most powerful cartel, and the man who brutally murdered Keller’s partner. Finally putting Barrera away cost Keller dearly—the woman he loves, the beliefs he cherishes, the life he wants to lead.Then Barrera gets out, determined to rebuild the empire that Keller shattered. Unwilling to live in a world with Barrera in it, Keller goes on a ten-year odyssey to take him down. His obsession with justice—or is it revenge?—becomes a ruthless struggle that stretches from the cities, mountains, and deserts of Mexico to Washington’s corridors of power to the streets of Berlin and Barcelona.Keller fights his personal battle against the devastated backdrop of Mexico’s drug war, a conflict of unprecedented scale and viciousness, as cartels vie for power and he comes to the final reckoning with Barrera—and himself—that he always knew must happen.The Cartel is a true-to-life story of honor and sacrifice, as one man tries to face down the devil without losing his soul. It is the story of the war on drugs and the men—and women—who wage it.

About Don Winslow

American author, Don Winslow, has lived in many places around the world, but his favorite place, and now residence, is California. He was born in New York City, and did go back there as well during his young adult years before he became a full time writer. He actually grew up in a quiet town in Rhode Island, and credits his parents with his ambition to become a writer.......his librarian mother, who encouraged reading, and his Navy dad, who loved to tell stories.

In New York City, Winslow was a manager of Times Square theaters, and also a private investigator. He possessed two higher education degrees, one in African Studies and one in Military History. He even led safaris in Kenya and hiking trips in China. With all those varied jobs, the writing began easily for Author Winslow.

He has written: A Cool Breeze on the Underground, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, which was the book that was so successful it allowed him to be a full time writer. It and his book Savages were both adapted for film. His most recent novel, The Force, was licensed to 20th Century Fox and was due to be released in March, James Mangold, Director.

Winslow still lives in California with his wife, Jean. They have a son, Thomas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick on August 13, 2017

Winslow is such an awesome writer. He’s one of those people who makes storytelling look easy, even for other storytellers like me, who know very well that it is NOT easy. The amount of research he did for this book must have been staggering. It is a fictionalized telling of the recent drug wars in M......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on April 08, 2019

There’s a scene in this book in which a Mexican drug lord essentially strolls out of prison thanks to a corrupt system. Reality imitated art a few weeks after it was released when a Mexican drug lord escaped prison via a tunnel so elaborate that it’s very hard to believe it could have been built unn......more

Goodreads review by David on June 08, 2020

The Cartel was a good book but is overshadowed by the greatness of Power of the Dog, the first book in the trilogy. I have the third book on the TBR pile. These books are about the rise of the narcotic cartels in Mexico. In the beginning South America controlled the narcotic pipeline with Mexico mer......more

Goodreads review by Trish on January 24, 2016

This is a huge book in every way—for its effects on people’s thinking and actions, in its implications for drug policy worldwide, and in the scope of its historical documentation. It is very up to date. In the fabulous and informative July 13, 2015 interview at Politics & Prose, the Washington, D.C......more

Goodreads review by Francesc on June 04, 2020

Un segundo libro "casi" tan bueno como "El Poder del Perro". Es evidente que ya no te sorprende tanto todo este mundo narco, pero, aún así, te hiela la sangre. Don Winslow lo hace muy fácil. Escribe sin florituras. Directo. Se permite ciertas licencias poéticas en sus descripciones y poco más. Crudo.......more

Quotes

“I’m totally swept up. You can’t ask for more emotionally moving entertainment.”

“A first-rate edge-of-your-seat thriller.”

“A gut-punch of a novel. Big, ambitious, violent, and wildly entertaining…an absolute must-read.”

“Sensationally good.”

“This is the War and Peace of dope-war books. Tense, brutal, wildly atmospheric, stunningly plotted, deeply etched.”

“Overpowering.”

“High octane…The righteous indignation that fuels his tale of cops, cartels, and the near-apocalyptic havoc they can create is, to use a sadly appropriate word, addictive.”

“With corruption, violence, and a love story to boot, [The Cartel] is sure to have you grasping at the edge of your seat.”

“A magnum opus…[Winslow] is to the Mexican drug wars what James Ellroy is to LA noir.”

“One of the best thriller writers on the planet…Winslow has written an epic, gritty south-of-the-border Godfather for our time.”

Awards

  • New York Times Best Book
  • Entertainment Weekly “Must Read”
  • Los Angeles Times Best Book
  • San Francisco Chronicle Top Shelf Pick
  • Miami Herald Favorite Book
  • Esquire Pick
  • Houston Chronicle Pick
  • Los Angeles Magazine Pick
  • London Times Pick
  • BookPage Top Pick
  • Voice Arts Award
  • Publishers Weekly Best Book
  • Goodreads Readers’ Choice
  • Amazon Best Books of the Year
  • Washington Post Best Audiobook
  • New Statesman Best Book
  • London’s Telegraph “Book of the Year for Christmas” Selection
  • Chicago Tribune Best Book
  • Sunday Times (London) Best Book of the Year
  • Audible Best Audiobook
  • RUSA Reading List
  • People’s Choice Award
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize
  • RBA International Prize for Crime Writing
  • Booklist Top 10
  • CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
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