Fear Is Just a Word
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
By Azam Ahmed
Read by Sheldon Romero
By Azam Ahmed
Read by Sheldon Romero
Category: True Crime | Biography & Memoir | Latin American World History
Category: True Crime | Biography & Memoir | Latin American World History
Category: True Crime | Biography & Memoir | Latin American World History
Category: True Crime | Biography & Memoir | Latin American World History | Audiobooks
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$22.00
Sep 17, 2024 | ISBN 9780593448434
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$28.00
Sep 26, 2023 | ISBN 9780593448410
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Sep 26, 2023 | ISBN 9780593448427
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Sep 26, 2023 | ISBN 9780593790465
665 Minutes
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Praise
âAhmed writes about violence in Mexico with insight and sobriety, avoiding the usual markers of journalistic prose (descriptions of the research process, references to site visits). Instead, he maintains a cautious, at times exhilarating, distance from his material, letting the story unfold at a rapid pace, as if on its own, interweaving the contextual and the intimate in a series of vivid juxtapositions.ââCristina Rivera Garza, The New York Times
âFrom one of the best reporters of his generation comes this masterful portrait of nightmarish violence, endless pain, and great courage. Azam Ahmed shows us what Americaâs insatiable lust for drugs has done to one Mexican family and town just across the border.ââGeorge Packer, author of Our Man
âAzam Ahmed has written a page-turning mystery but also a stunning, color-saturated portrait of the collapse of formal justice in one Mexican town.ââSteve Coll, Pulitzer Prizeâwinning author of Directorate S
âFear Is Just a Word is a brilliant piece of nonfiction storytelling. Ultimately it offers up a restorative tale of human redemption through individual courage.ââJon Lee Anderson, author of Che
âWith graceful, unflinching prose, Azam Ahmed brings us straight to the heart of cartel violence. The complexity with which he renders his brave subject, Miriam RodrĂguez, only deepens the infuriating tragedy into which her family and country have been drawn. I canât stop thinking about this book.ââSierra Crane Murdoch, author of Yellow Bird
âA riveting work of reportage, set against the ruins of a drug war gone hopelessly, violently awry . . . I couldnât put it down.ââDaniel AlarcĂłn, author of The King Is Always Above the People
âStaggeringly well-reported, propulsive, vibrantly populated, powerfully gripping, and moving . . . Miriam is the avenging âmother of all Mexicansâ who had a child âdisappearâ into the inferno of Mexicoâs militarized drug cartel.ââFrancisco Goldman, author of Monkey Boy
âAhmed captures the essence of humanity in this deeply moving story about a brave yet flawed woman desperately searching for her daughterâs assassins as the clock ticks.ââAlfredo Corchado, author of Midnight in Mexico
âIn his indelible work about a personal tragedy set against the canvas of a societal one, Ahmed writes about Mexico with uncommon authority and a broken heart.ââGary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends
âA harrowing exposĂ©, years in the making, of the tyranny of the drug cartels in Mexico.ââKirkus Reviews (starred review)
âPainstakingly reported and propulsively written, this is nearly impossible to put down.ââPublishers Weekly (starred review)
âThis vivid, disturbing story will appeal to readers interested in drug cartels and true crime.ââBooklist
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