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God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre (English Edition) de [Richard Grant]

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From the acclaimed author of Dispatches From Pluto and Deepest South of All, a harrowing travelogue into Mexico’s lawless Sierra Madre mountains.

Twenty miles south of the Arizona-Mexico border, the rugged, beautiful Sierra Madre mountains begin their dramatic ascent. Almost 900 miles long, the range climbs to nearly 11,000 feet and boasts several canyons deeper than the Grand Canyon. The rules of law and society have never taken hold in the Sierra Madre, which is home to bandits, drug smugglers, Mormons, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, cowboys, and other assorted outcasts. Outsiders are not welcome; drugs are the primary source of income; murder is all but a regional pastime. The Mexican army occasionally goes in to burn marijuana and opium crops—the modern treasure of the Sierra Madre—but otherwise the government stays away. In its stead are the drug lords, who have made it one of the biggest drug-producing areas in the world.

Fifteen years ago, journalist Richard Grant developed what he calls "an unfortunate fascination" with this lawless place. Locals warned that he would meet his death there, but he didn't believe them—until his last trip. During his travels Grant visited a folk healer for his insomnia and was prescribed rattlesnake pills, attended bizarre religious rituals, consorted with cocaine-snorting policemen, taught English to Guarijio Indians, and dug for buried treasure. On his last visit, his reckless adventure spiraled into his own personal heart of darkness when cocaine-fueled Mexican hillbillies hunted him through the woods all night, bent on killing him for sport.

With gorgeous detail, fascinating insight, and an undercurrent of dark humor, God's Middle Finger brings to vivid life a truly unique and uncharted world.

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4 marzo 2008
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Starred Review. As he travels through Mexico's Sierra Madre, one of the largest drug-producing regions in the world, British journalist Grant (American Nomads) encounters a rugged landscape where the mythical old Mexico meets the challenges of the new. The birthplace of Pancho Villa and the Apaches' last refuge, the Sierra Madre has long been home to outlaws and eccentric characters that inspired a variety of American westerns. Into this legendary danger zone, with its exceptionally high murder rate, rides Grant—on horseback, though he has never ridden previously. Grant is the finest kind of travel narrator; though fully cognizant of the dangers and foolhardiness of his obsession with this land, he throws himself into crazy situations, such as a quest for buried gold treasure, a sampling of Mexican folk remedies, a terrifying Tarahumara Indian ritual when God gets into his annual drinking bout with the Devil, a little cocaine or blasting parakeet with local drug dealers, and lots and lots of drinking. He narrates these adventures with unflappable charm and humor, risking his life to the reader's benefit, shared fear and delight of discovery. Though eventually worn out by his physically and emotionally challenging journey, Grant still manages to produce a clear-eyed, empathetic account of this complex, fascinating place. (Mar.)
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"This is a thoroughly enlivening book, the rare kind that makes you want to sleep with a pistol under your pillow."

-- "Jim Harrison, author of Returning to Earth"

"This is exactly the book you're hoping for when you pick it up: a crazy, sprawling story so well-written, you can't decide whether to keep reading or go to Mexico to see for yourself. Keep reading: You have an extraordinary book in your hands."

-- "Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm" --Este texto se refiere a la edición audioCD.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0016P7SH6
Editorial ‏ : ‎ Free Press (4 marzo 2008)
Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
Tamaño del archivo ‏ : ‎ 1519 KB
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Número de páginas ‏ : ‎ 306 páginas
Números de página - ISBN de origen ‏ : ‎ 1416534407

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From an early age I was fascinated by native american indian culture,this book explores the territory of the apache peoples the Sierra Madre and Dragoon mountains.The book evokes images of people then and now as wild and fierce as the landscape.Now there are very few apache that inhabit the region but instead a wild bunch of assorted characters from folk healers to itinerant mexicans.The book captures the sense of latent menace that is always pervading even in the most seemingly harmless of situations.I had visions of one day visiting myself,but this book telling it like it is shows just how dangerous and lawless it can be.Never the less it is a fascinating read that will have your heart racing.

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Ms. Pamela Joyce

GREAT WRITING AND VERY INTERESTING

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 1 de mayo de 2013

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Richard Grant is a very intrepid traveller! His journey through the drug dealing badlands of Mexico is terrifyingly realistic and fascinating. Great book. Rather him than me!

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Tiago Alves

Great book if you love these lawless stories.

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 9 de septiembre de 2018

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The first parts of the book are full of the kind of stories you expect to read. But the prologue puts the expectations too high.

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Stephen B.

BEWARE: SAME BOOK as BANDIT ROADS.

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 28 de agosto de 2015

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Be WARNED that this is the SAME BOOK as Bandit Roads...just published under another name/title...he`s a great writer and I guess this is a publishers ruse/ploy.

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Sandman

Interesting read, but a little lighweight

Revisado en el Reino Unido 🇬🇧 el 6 de junio de 2008

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From the blurb on the cover I expected something more than this, the authors experiences arent that amazing apart from his last one which drove him out of the Sierra altogether. He meets up with some interesting characters, relates a lot of second hand information about the drugs trade, but rarely gets into the heart of things, a few people trying to sell him drugs is about as about as deep as it gets.

Granted it would have been pretty hard to get into the scene much further without getting killed, but I kept expecting him to do so. (Go deeper, not get killed.) Recommended though overall, and did make me want to go see for myself.

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