Reddit reviews The Power of the Dog

and.... Bought. Thanks /u/kaiser_soze I love these kinds of books. Historical, enthralling, and sheds light on current world history and politics. another good book; Power of the dog

Right now, I think I’d say “The Power of the Dog” by Don Winslow. The Power of the Dog https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400096936/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Rv5xCbE4D5YQ8

I work in the judiciary, and based on what I can tell, so many of us are broken, and we turn to so many different forms of abuse--self and otherwise--in reaction.

I'll check out that book. Thank you. 2 books which informed me tremendously about the effect of drugs on society were novels, of all things, written by a fella named Don Winslow. First was Power of the Dog, and the other was its sequel, The Cartel. If you're familiar with the movie Sicario, its tone, substance, characters could have been drawn directly from these books.

But in addition to the issues you describe, there's so much profit in drug-dealing, and so much corruption and other business opportunities arise from it, that a surprising amount of society seems to have an interest in keeping them illegal.

All of this because we're so fragile.

Don Winslow has a couple novels dealing with the cartels, and the efforts to fight them. While they are fictional, they do track pretty closely with reality, and go into a lot of the politics, corruption, and economics involved. It's a lot easier to understand when you have a full picture of what exactly is involved.

They are definitely worth checking out. They are fairly graphic, but nothing that will shock someone who just looked at that album.

• The Power of the Dog
  
• The Cartel
  
  The two books are a series, but they don't strictly need to be read in order. I read The Cartel first, and didn't feel like I missed out on anything.

The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow. It's a brutal but extremely engaging book.

The Power of the Dog

Well, even in Harry Potter, there are several people who could've been sorted into different houses. Example, Hermione (Ravenclaw, Slytherin). The series puts Miguel's deeds in a limited scope. My point is, Miguel is ambitious, but he was also smart. See The Power of the Dog. Miguel was very smart. You asked who our favorites are, and I told you Miguel and that Narcos didn't show how smart he was. I didn't say Miguel wasn't ambitious. Being smart and ambitious are not mutually exclusive traits (See Gilberto). Miguel made very few mistakes, and was only captured after the Mexican government turned on him after constant pressure from the U.S.