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Midnight In Mexico: A Reporter's Journey Through A Country's Descent Into Darkness (2013)

by Alfredo Corchado(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

159420439X (ISBN13: 9781594204395)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Penguin Press HC, The

review 1: Very interesting look at the current & recent history of politics & drug cartels in Mexico. I learned a lot that I did not know. It is obvious that the author is a reporter though, and not a novelist, as it is very fact based & often gets bogged down with too much info & details that really were unnecessary to the overall story.Also feel like the author wanted to portray his role & his story as more exciting than it really was. He knew a lot of interesting people & contacts, but his actual part was rather anti-climatic.Also the ending kind of fell flat. It seemed like he didn't know how to end it, so for the first real time in the book he got very flowery & emotional & melodramatic. It was a very cheesy ending.
review 2: This book is an intriguing mix of person... moreal memoir, Mexican drug trade reporting, and a historical overview of Mexico in the late 20th century. This book is also much more than those things too: the author, Alfredo Corchado, navigates his heartache and longing for a Mexico that no longer exists, a place where he was born and where his family decided to leave in order to find a better life in the U.S. when he was just a child. Interwoven throughout these explorations of U.S. and Mexican identities and histories, there is this alarming fact that kicks off the book: Alfredo is a news reporter for The Dallas Morning News and has been increasing his coverage of the Mexican drug cartels, and as a result, in 2007 a verifiable threat on his life has arisen. From there the narrative takes off in several alarming directions: Who exactly is making these threats? How can he successfully navigate all of the myriad personal relationships he has, with their attendant demands, on both sides of the border? How can he continue to report on the drug cartels in Mexico while trying to remain safe in the U.S.? This is a satisfying true life tale that is both exciting and meditative at alternating times.Reviewed by Eileen Y., Librarian, InfoNow less

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