Leopard in the sun : a novel / Laura Restrepo ; translated by Stephen A. Lytle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Restrepo, Laura.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Lytle, Stephen A.

Standardized Title:

Leopardo al sol. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vendetta--Colombia--Fiction.

Vendetta.

Drug traffic--Fiction.

Drug traffic.

Colombia.

Colombia--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

242 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Vintage International edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Vintage International, 2000.

Summary:

"In Laura Restrepo's stunning novel, a feud between two Colombian drug families escalates into a bloody, high-stakes war that will leave no one in its path untouched. The Barragáns and the Monsalves are rival clans, each steeped in wealth and power, each subject only to laws of their own making. The similarities end there. While the Barragáns, headed by the brutal Nando, remain tied to the ancient traditions, the Monsalves grapple with whether or not to follow Mani, their charismatic and conflicted leader, into a modern age in which even fewer rules apply. As both clans ponder the profits they might reap from an expanding global cocaine trade, Nando and Mani are faced with the consequences of their violent pasts--and forced, by their disillusioned women and the prices on their heads, to reckon with the possibility that nothing will be left once all their bullets have found their targets. Rife with sensual detail, this epic story of lust, betrayal, and revenge is as timeless as interfamily conflict and as immediate as today's news."--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9780375705083

0375705082

OCLC:

45265495