| Authors: |
Fuentes, Carlos.
Grossman, Edith, 1936-
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Mexico -- Fiction.
Central America -- Fiction.
Mexican fiction -- 21st century.
Love stories.
Death -- Fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Random House, c2011. |
| Description: |
415 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781400068807 1400068800 |
| Notes: |
Originally published in Spanish as La voluntad y la fortuna by Alfaguara, Mexico City, in 2008. |
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| Summary: |
The severed head of Josuãe Nadal, floating in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mexico, remembers his life, his friends, enemies, and lovers, and his involvement in the drug trade and the corruption frequently encountered in his country. |