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, cave-dwelling Tarahumara Indians, opium farmers, and other assorted outcasts. Outsiders are not welcome; drugs are the primary source of income; murder is all but a regional pastime.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, 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.

Language

English
Publisher

Tantor Media Inc
Dimensions

16.26 x 2.79 x 13.46 cm
ISBN-10

197730480X
ISBN-13

978-1977304803
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 197730480X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1977304803
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.26 x 2.79 x 13.46 cm

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belbroughton hierarchy

dragoons discovery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 4 April 2012

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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

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 May 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!

Tiago Alves

Great book if you love these lawless stories.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 9 September 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.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 28 August 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

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 6 June 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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