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The hydra head / Carlos Fuentes

By:

Fuentes, Carlos, (1928-2012)

Contributor(s):

Peden, Margaret Sayers

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus Giroux , c1978Description: 292 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0374515638

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC FUE

Summary: Set in Mexico, and features the Mexican secret service. It is the story of the attempt by the Mexican government to retain control of a recently discovered national oil field. Secret agents from Arab lands, Israel, and the United States attempt to wrest control of the source for their own purposes. In a plot thick with dirty tricks, violence, sex, amazing coincidences, and betrayals, the novel's movie-loving hero, Felix Maldonado, confronts the villains.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC FUE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		034885

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Translation of La cabeza de la hidra.

Set in Mexico, and features the Mexican secret service. It is the story of the attempt by the Mexican government to retain control of a recently discovered national oil field. Secret agents from Arab lands, Israel, and the United States attempt to wrest control of the source for their own purposes. In a plot thick with dirty tricks, violence, sex, amazing coincidences, and betrayals, the novel's movie-loving hero, Felix Maldonado, confronts the villains.

Translated from the Spanish to English

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