The Untameable

The Untameable
Guillermo Arriaga
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h196 x 130mm - 704pg
14 Apr 2022 UK
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9780857058225
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Goodfellas meets White Fang. A gripping coming of age thriller of vengeance and destiny set between Mexico City' s murderous 1960s underworld and the bleak tundras of Canada' s most remote province. By the BAFTA-winning screenwriter of Amores Perros. Yukon, Canada' s far north. A young man tracks a wolf through the wilderness. The one his grandfather warned him about: "Of all the wolves you will see in your life, one alone will be your master. " In Mexico City, Juan Guillermo has pledged vengeance. For his murdered brother, Carlos. For his parents, sentenced to death by their grief. But in 1960s Mexico justice is sold to the highest bidder, and the Catholic fanatics who killed Carlos are allied to Zunita, a corrupt and influential police commander. If he is to quench his thirst for revenge Juan Guillermo will have to answer his inner call of the wild and discover what links his destiny to a hunter on the other side of America. An epic novel of revenge and retribution, in which the story of a teenage boy seeking vengeance for the murder of his brother by a sinister cabal is interwoven with that of an Inuit wolf hunter and his prey, The Untameable is a story of pure adventure, unfolding in the fragmented, non-linear fashion that Arriaga is famous for, and set against a backdrop of repression, police brutality and Church intrigue.
One of the most powerful, intense and original contemporary authors writing in Spanish. - Expres. Sublime Arriaga. The Untameable consecrates its author as the best contemporary Mexican writer and as an indisputable figure among the writers in the world. - Zenda. An absolutely unique author. A pounding novel. The Untameable is one of the best books I have read. The Untameable is showing us once again the mastery of Arriaga as a weaver of parallel stories that converge in the end. It' s his personal imprint. - El Correo
Guillermo Arriaga is a Mexican author, screenwriter, director and producer. His novels, Escuadron Guillotina (1991), A Sweet Smell to Death (1994), The Buffalo of the Night (1999) and short story collection, Retorno 201, have been translated into eighteen languages. His films include Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel and The Burning Plain. He has recently produced the story of Desde Alla, the first Ibero-American film to win the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. In February 2017 he won the Mazatlan Prixe for Literature for The Untameable.
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ISBN-13: 9780857058225
Published: 14 Apr 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: MacLehose Press
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback
Height: 196mm
Width: 130mm
Spine: 46mm
Weight: 480g
Pages: 704

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