La cabeza de la hidra / Carlos Fuentes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuentes, Carlos, author.

Contributor:

Emir Monegal Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Nueva narrativa hispánica (Joaquín Mortiz (Firm))

Nueva narrativa hispánica

Language:

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Oil fields--Mexico--Fiction.

Oil fields.

Mexico.

Genre:

Spy stories.

Fiction

Spy fiction

Spy fiction.

Physical Description:

283 pages ; 20 cm.

Edition:

Primera edición mexicana.

Place of Publication:

México : Joaquin Mortiz, 1978.

Summary:

"La cabeza de la hidra" is a novel by Carlos Fuentes that tells the story of the Mexican government's efforts to maintain control over a newly discovered oil field. The narrative unfolds amidst a backdrop of international intrigue involving secret agents from Arab countries, Israel, and the United States, all vying for control of the oil source for their own purposes. The plot is filled with violence, sex, surprising coincidences, and betrayals as the Mexican Secret Service works to conceal the discovery from foreign spies.

Other Format:

Online version: Fuentes, Carlos, 1928- Cabeza de la hidra.

ISBN:

9682700213

9789682700217

OCLC:

4095503