The Country of To by Rodrigo Rey Rosa Paperback Book 9781771965149

A Crime Reads Best International Crime Fiction of 2023 amp8226amp160One of Crime Reads most anticipated LatinX Horror and Crime Fiction of 2023This sumptuously written thriller asks probing questions about how we live with each other and with our planetRaised on his wits on the streets of Central America the Cobra a young debt collector and gang enforcer has never had the chance to discern between right and wrong until hes assigned the murder of Polo a prominent human rights activistand his friend When his conscience gives him pause and his patramp243oacuten catches on a remote Mayan community offers the Cobra a potential refuge but the people there are up against predatory mining companies With danger encroaching the Cobra is forced to confront his violent past and make a decision about what heamp8217s willing to risk in the future and who it will be forFollowing the Cobra Polo a faction of drugdealing oligarchs and Jacobo a child caught in the crosshairs Rey Rosa maps an extensive web of corruption upheld by decades of political oppression A scathing indictment of exploitation in all its forms The Country of Toamp243 is a gripping account of what it means to consider societal change under the constant threat of violence