Hotel de arraigo
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- Synopsis
- Spanish Description Un thriller sorprendente, acerca del escabroso mundo del secuestro y la corrupción policiaca. Una ciudad sin nombre, azotada por el secuestro, la extorsión, la corrupción policiaca y los contrastes sociales, es el escenario de esta explosiva novela negra. Arnulfo Lizárraga, un agente del Grupo Antisecuestros, lucha por sacar adelante a una típica familia de clase media, aquejada por frustraciones, problemas de comunicación, y la ansiedad por el estatus. Gabriel García, hijo único de un empresario cercano a los círculos de poder, es un adolescente obsesionado con grabar sus encuentros sexuales con el teléfono celular y organizar fiestas donde cunden los excesos. Tras ser acusado de tener nexos criminales, Arnulfo es degradado y termina como custodio en un hotel de arraigo de la Policía Judicial. Al mismo tiempo, Gabriel es secuestrado. En este momento, sus vidas se entrecruzan en una vorágine de traición y violencia que amenaza con salirse de control a cada instante. Ambos quedarán expuestos ante la brutalidad de un mundo en el que las relaciones personales están marcadas por el absurdo, la mentira y la codicia. "Un autor perceptivo, que ha desarrollado un estilo en el que la corrupción y la violencia ponen los pelos de punta. Con una prosa limpia, intensa, equilibrada y dura, cuenta el lado oscuro de una ciudad del norte que se parece a todas". English Description A surprising thriller about the thorny world of kidnapping and police corruption. A nameless city, devastated by kidnapping, extortion, police corruption, and social contrasts, is the setting for this explosive crime novel. Arnulfo Lizárraga, an agent from the Anti-kidnapping Group, fights to provide for his typical middle-class family, but is troubled by frustrations, problems with communication, and a need for status. Gabriel García, the only child of a businessman who is close to the circles of power, is a teenager obsessed with recording his sexual encounters on his cell phone and throwing lavish parties. After being accused of having criminal ties, Arnulfo is demoted and ends up a guard at a detention hotel for the judicial police. At the same time, Gabriel is kidnapped. In this moment, their lives intertwine in a maelstrom of treason and violence that threatens to spin out of control at any moment. Both will be exposed to the brutality of a world in which personal relationships are affected by absurdity, lies, and greed. "A perceptive author, who has developed a style in which corruption and violence set your hairs on end. With prose that is clean, intense, balanced, and hard, he tells the dark side of a northern city that bears a resemblance to any city. "
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9786071136909
- Publisher:
- Suma de Letras Argentina S.A.
- Date of Addition:
- 10/20/15
- Copyrighted By:
- Imanol Caneyada
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- Spanish
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.