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"Hornets' Nest" is a surprising story. One which mixes revenge, American rock stars in the Amazon jungle and political scandals with a language, form and rhythm which shock the reader. An action thriller told from diverse voices and points of view of its characters. Isabela Pastri has watched the rise of Wlamir Turvel ever since the day he assaulted her father and made him an invalid, as well as taking his sawmill in the interior of the Amazon. Now he is governor of the state of Para and one of the most significant drug dealers in the Amazon region. She becomes his lover, becomes pregnant and learns his secrets. Fred Pastri, her brother, has left for the United States, where he lives with his lover Pat, a famous rock star. He abandons everything and travels back to his home town of Belem in search of his sister, between trying to forget and having to relive a family tragedy. He arrives in the midst of a police investigation, journalists, prostitutes and corrupt politicians. It is time for vengeance.

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It is 1939 and a man dies in agony at the San Juan de Dios de Amatitlan Hospital outside Guatemala City. His wife and children are accused of poisoning him, shattering the calm of a land kept in fearful order by the authoritarian president Jorge Ubico. One of the few Central American novels to explore the region's criminal history, "On the Dark Side" is a captivating story of a murder and the ensuing judicial investigation that became known as "The Gourd Poisoning" in a society unprepared for a crime that lay outside its powers of reason. Salazar explores the bitterly unhappy circumstances that can make a woman kill, and the unforgiving quality of male justice. This is a compelling read that touches a raw Latin nerve.

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