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The Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father, and His Sister: Life and Death in Juárez
Sandra Rodríguez Nieto
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Description for The Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father, and His Sister: Life and Death in Juárez
Paperback. The intimate story of a teenager's murder of his family, from award-winning Mexican journalist. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; GTB; HBJK; JFFE; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
In Ciudad Juárez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, sixteen-year-old Vicente and two of his high school friends murdered his mother, his father, and his little sister in cold blood. Through a Truman Capote-like reconstruction of this seemingly incomprehensible triple murder, Sandra Rodríguez Nieto paints a haunting and unforgettable portrait of one of the most violent cities on Earth. This in-depth and harrowing investigation into the thought processes of three boys leads the reader on an exploration of the city of Juárez, as well as the drug cartels that have waged war on its streets, in a ... Read more
In Ciudad Juárez, just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas, sixteen-year-old Vicente and two of his high school friends murdered his mother, his father, and his little sister in cold blood. Through a Truman Capote-like reconstruction of this seemingly incomprehensible triple murder, Sandra Rodríguez Nieto paints a haunting and unforgettable portrait of one of the most violent cities on Earth. This in-depth and harrowing investigation into the thought processes of three boys leads the reader on an exploration of the city of Juárez, as well as the drug cartels that have waged war on its streets, in a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
367g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784781057
SKU
V9781784781057
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About Sandra Rodríguez Nieto
Sandra Rodríguez Nieto began reporting for the Ciudad Juárez daily newspaper El Diario in 2003. She has received the Reporteros Del Mundo prize from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the Knight International Journalism Award from the International Center for Journalists, and the Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting. She was a Harvard University Nieman Fellow in 2014. She ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of Vicente, Who Murdered His Mother, His Father, and His Sister: Life and Death in Juárez
As crime-beat reporter for the local paper (a job that cost her closest colleague his life), Sandra Rodríguez lives and narrates the brutalization of her city, Ciudad Juárez, at a range so close and raw it is painful to read. Yet this book-on intimate terms with Mexico's narco-carnage, and from under its skin-draws us irretrievably into an abyss we need ... Read more