It's frightening and sad, with a superbly sustained intensity. ' The Power of the Dog is the first great dope novel since Dog Soldiers thirty years ago. The hero's determination is passionately portrayed, and his personal crusade makes a memorable and thought-provoking novel.' - The Daily Telegraph (London) 'It is impossible in a few words to do justice to Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog. A book like The Power of the Dog rarely comes along, and when it does, let it break your heart and open your mind.' - January Magazine The best crime novel about the Western Hemisphere's drug trade. It's the one crime novel this year you absolutely can't ignore.' - The Huntsville Times Read it for its action, its insight into the drug underworld, its amazing prose. There's no way you're going to find anything more compelling, more revealing about a major issue in society and more pulse-pounding in terms of action and The best writing about Mexico by an Anglo since the days of Graham Greene. 'The story is as addictive as its subject matter.' - New York Post A future classic.' - The Guardian (London) No one since James Ellroy has conveyed the morally troubled heart of the American dream with such savage aim. This puts even the excellent The Death and Life of Bobby Z and California Fire and Life in the shade. A cast of drug enforcement agents and drug dealers, government officials and religious leaders, willing participants and innocent bystanders is swept up in a dizzying tidal wave of events that horrify and shock.' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review war on drugs.' - The San Diego Union-Tribune The Power of the Dog burns with rage at the badly flawed U.S. 'You should try to get your hands on everything Winslow's written, because he's one of the best thriller writers on the planet.' - Esquire A well-tuned plot, driving rhythm, intelligence and a touch of politics.' - The Washington Post charges and attacks without mercy, shredding anyone in its path. One of this year's finest novels.' - The Baltimore Sun

'An express train of a thriller that cannot be put down. Fearless, humane, aesthetically fervent, it's also passionate, unapologetic, gorgeously written and unquestionably authentic.' -Dennis Lehane

' The Power of the Dog throws shadows a mile long.

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