Destiny and desire : a novel /
Fuentes, Carlos.
Destiny and desire : a novel / Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Random House, c2011. - 415 p. ; 25 cm.
Translation of: La voluntad y la fortuna.
Severed head -- Castor and Pollux -- Miguel Aparecido -- Max Monroy -- Cain and Abel -- Ascent to heaven.
The severed head of Josuãe Nadal, floating in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mexico, remembers his life, friends, enemies, and lovers, and his involvement in the drug trade and the corruption frequently encountered in his country.
9781400068807 (hbk.) 9780679604457 (ebk.)
2010015078
Death--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Mexico--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Central America--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
PQ7297.F793 / V6413 2011
863/.64
Destiny and desire : a novel / Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Edith Grossman. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Random House, c2011. - 415 p. ; 25 cm.
Translation of: La voluntad y la fortuna.
Severed head -- Castor and Pollux -- Miguel Aparecido -- Max Monroy -- Cain and Abel -- Ascent to heaven.
The severed head of Josuãe Nadal, floating in the Pacific Ocean off the shore of Mexico, remembers his life, friends, enemies, and lovers, and his involvement in the drug trade and the corruption frequently encountered in his country.
9781400068807 (hbk.) 9780679604457 (ebk.)
2010015078
Death--Fiction.
Drug traffic--Mexico--Fiction.
Mexico--Fiction.
Central America--Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
PQ7297.F793 / V6413 2011
863/.64