Power of the Dog

DonWinslow'sbreak-outnovelisahugelyambitious,page-turningthrilleraboutpowerandrevengeinthetraditionoftheGreatAmericanNovel.DruglordMiguelAngelBarreraisheadoftheMexicandrugfederación,responsibleformillionsofdollarsworthofcocainetrafficintotheUSandthetortureofthosewhostandinitsway.Hisnephew,AdanBarrera,ishisworthysuccessor.ArtKelleristheUSgovernmentoperative,sodeterminedtoobtainrevengeforamurderedcolleaguethathispusuitofthecartelveersdangerouslytowardsanobsessionoutsidethelaw.Inaworldcharacterisedbyitsbrutality,allofWinslow'sincrediblyvariedcast-includingahighclassprostitute,anIrishhitmanandacharismaticCatholicpriest-aresearchingforsalvation.DonWinslow'smasterpieceisnotonlyapage-turningthrillerbutalsoarichandcompellingnovelintheleagueofEllroyorDelillo.Reviews‘ThefirstgreatdopenovelsinceDOGSOLDIERSthirtyyearsago.It’sfrighteningandsad,withasuperblysustainedintensity.Abeautifullycompressedvisionofhell,withallitsattendantmoralmadness.’-JamesEllroy‘DonWinslowisthekindofcultwriterwhoissogoodyoualmostwanttokeephimtoyourself.’-IanRankin'THEPOWEROFTHEDOGisacompendiumofhumanresponses-rage,compassion,love,frustration,loyalty,futility-setagainstamorallandscapethatshiftsbewilderingly.It'salsoadamngoodread.Ifyou'veneverreadDonWinslow,startnow.'-ValMcDermid'InTHEPOWEROFTHEDOG,DonWinslowcreatesavisionoflivinghellthat'sviolentandbloodyenoughtohotwireDanteuprightinhisgrave.Thewonderofitis,beneaththismaelstromofdrugsandsexandbetrayal,Winslowmanagestoconvinceanyofusthatstillgiveafigforhumanitythatbeneathitallthereexists-just-abeatingheart.'-JohnHarvey