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As the characters struggle to identify and ally themselves to the
future President, the letters fly ever faster. Who will be the victor?
Handsome Nicols Valdivia? Bald satyr Tcito de la Canal? Or the
unsavoury' ex-President Csar Len? There are many questions to be
answered before the last letter is sent.
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The year is 2020. The Mexican President has provoked the United States
by calling for the removal of US troops from Colombia and demanding
higher prices for Mexico's oil. But the country's satellite
communications system is controlled in Miami and suddenly Mexico is
deprived of phone, fax and email. In a country where politicians never
put anything in writing, letters are now the only way to communicate,
leaving the private lives and true feelings of all brutally exposed.
Especially regarding the hot topic of the day: Who will be the next
President, the next to ascend the Eagle's Throne?< 'A compelling
drama ... Fuentes at his best' Sunday Times '[Fuentes] writes with an
energy, passion and humour that are as compelling now as when he first
published a novel, more than forty years ago ... rattlingly good
entertainment' Daily Telegraph 'A man of remarkable gifts ... Fuentes
has produced a narrative crammed with penetrating insights and
provocative comments not merely on politics but also on history, art and
literature' Spectator 'This is Fuentes at his satirical best, mixing
political wisdom, biting wit and poignant self-realisation' Scotland on
Sunday >
As the characters struggle to identify and ally themselves to the
future President, the letters fly ever faster. Who will be the victor?
Handsome Nicols Valdivia? Bald satyr Tcito de la Canal? Or the
unsavoury' ex-President Csar Len? There are many questions to be
answered before the last letter is sent.
DIV>
The year is 2020. The Mexican President has provoked the United States
by calling for the removal of US troops from Colombia and demanding
higher prices for Mexico's oil. But the country's satellite
communications system is controlled in Miami and suddenly Mexico is
deprived of phone, fax and email. In a country where politicians never
put anything in writing, letters are now the only way to communicate,
leaving the private lives and true feelings of all brutally exposed.
Especially regarding the hot topic of the day: Who will be the next
President, the next to ascend the Eagle's Throne?<
