The Corruptors
Publishing date:2 october 2013
Synopsis:
Tomás Arizmendi is disillusioned with his job as a journalist. In a state of distraction he commits a very basic error of journalism: in his weekly column for the Mexican El Mundo newspaper, he publishes a confidential piece of information related to the murder of the famous actress Pamela Dosantos; the place where her body was found, a few metres away from the office of the Secretary of the new Head of the PRI party, which has come to power and is imposing an authoritarian regime.
Suddenly Tomás finds himself immersed in a huge scandal as he has just connected the right hand man of the head of the Mexican government with the murdered actress; only his childhood friends can help him to get out of the mess he’s in.
Highlights
Highlights The Corruptors
2013 iTunes Store Best Novel!
International Editions
France
Italy
Poland
Technical Data
| Technical data | Publish date: 2 october 2013 ISBN: 978-84-233-4731-5 Pages: 416 Imprint: Ediciones Destino |
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| Rights sold | Mondadori (Italy), Actes Sud (France), Planeta Brasil (Brazil), Swiat Ksiazki (Poland), German (Elster Verlag). |
| Film rights | Netflix - Los corruptores |
| Reviews | A brave and powerful thriller, presented as a journalistic investigation, about crime and impunity, political manipulation and institutional silence seen through the eyes of four childhood friends bound by a code of loyalty. This book contains a lively, very contemporary mix of the different layers of Mexican society, and is bound to be debated in the media. It offers a direct response to threats against journalists who find that the freedom of the press and even their very lives are at stake. Power, espionage, crime, corruption, money, money and more money are the drivers that motivate the drug kingpins, despots whose contaminating influence stretches even farther than one might expect. Love, sex, friendship, loyalty and betrayal are the emotional pillars of a story that generates empathy on every page; creating characters we hope can be saved, fighting for the extraordinary and beautiful things in life. |
