Shakedown (Las Chicas de Palacio)
Posted: 09 Mar 2011, 13:54
A fascinating encounter with world leaders with their guard down.
This is the first of Erica Fuentes' books I read. It comes to the forefront in light of the "Fast & Furious" ATF scandal.
A very interesting novel about international politics and world affairs, against the backdrop of Mexican Politics. Although it is a translation of the original in Spanish, the author herself is the translator. I read both the English and Spanish versions of the book and I can not tell which is the translation.
The author speaks volumes between the lines. As soon as I finished reading Shakedown I rushed to buy her next novel: Salve Regina, I'll talk about that one when I finish reading it.
Shakedown follows four women who work for the government in different capacities, discovering and utilizing closely guarded secrets to forge a bond of friendship and power.
Carolina: An Army lieutenant head of presidential translators.
Lorena: A presidential aid, lover of an all-powerful police chief.
Susana: A Foreign Relations staffer.
Tania: The sex-bomb in charge of very special services for the presidency.
From the prologue, the author lets her characters tell the story. An intriguing and fascinating tale of politics from within, international corruption, manipulation and, ultimately: power.
A provocative and fun book which must be based on facts. The publisher added a note explaining that the first edition in Spanish was abruptly withdrawn by the previous publisher when it was among the top 10 selling books in Mexico. No publisher that I know pulls a bestseller unless forced to do so!
This is the first of Erica Fuentes' books I read. It comes to the forefront in light of the "Fast & Furious" ATF scandal.
A very interesting novel about international politics and world affairs, against the backdrop of Mexican Politics. Although it is a translation of the original in Spanish, the author herself is the translator. I read both the English and Spanish versions of the book and I can not tell which is the translation.
The author speaks volumes between the lines. As soon as I finished reading Shakedown I rushed to buy her next novel: Salve Regina, I'll talk about that one when I finish reading it.
Shakedown follows four women who work for the government in different capacities, discovering and utilizing closely guarded secrets to forge a bond of friendship and power.
Carolina: An Army lieutenant head of presidential translators.
Lorena: A presidential aid, lover of an all-powerful police chief.
Susana: A Foreign Relations staffer.
Tania: The sex-bomb in charge of very special services for the presidency.
From the prologue, the author lets her characters tell the story. An intriguing and fascinating tale of politics from within, international corruption, manipulation and, ultimately: power.
A provocative and fun book which must be based on facts. The publisher added a note explaining that the first edition in Spanish was abruptly withdrawn by the previous publisher when it was among the top 10 selling books in Mexico. No publisher that I know pulls a bestseller unless forced to do so!