The great Kem Nunn has a new book out - his first in seven
years (and I know what that feels like).
TIJUANA STRAITS is the story of Fahey, ex-con, ex-surfer,
running a worm farm near the border between Mexico and
California. He rescues Magdalena from a pack of wild dogs on
the beach. She is an activist who is fighting the
maquilladoras (Mexico's foreign owned factories who pollute
the land and exploit the workers) and is on the run from a
group of killers who are some of the most terrifying
inventions in crime fiction I have read in a long time.
Terrifying and completely, 100% believable. I've seen these
guys down there. And so, obviously, has Nunn.
Talk about "location as character"! Nunn has the toxic
landscape of Tijuana down cold. He captures the squalor and
hopelessness of the place with relentless beauty. Man, I love
this guy's writing! I just wish it didn't take him so long
between books. He's on tour this month. Catch him if you
can.
TL
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