
And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with a few books he would like to buy-two of them her favorites. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable.Įven though she knows they'll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist.

Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in the Mexican city of Acapulco.

It's the great world novel! This is the international story of our times. “This book is not simply the great American novel it's the great novel of las Americas.
