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020			_a9781400062478
082	0		_aLAS FIC FUE
100	1		_aFuentes, Carlos _d(1928-2012)
245	1	4	_aThe eagle's throne _c/ Carlos Fuentes ; translated by Kristina Cordero
260			_aNew York _b: Random House _c, c2006.
300			_axiii, 336 p. _c; 25 cm.
520			_aHere is a true literary event the long-awaited new novel by Carlos Fuentes, one of the world's great writers. By turns a tragedy and a farce, an acidic black comedy and an indictment of modern politics, The Eagle's Throne is a seriously entertaining and perceptive story of international intrigue, sexual deception, naked ambition, and treacherous betrayal. In the near future, at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Mexico's idealistic president has dared to vote against the U.S. occupation of Colombia and Washington's refusal to pay OPEC prices for oil. Retaliation is swift. Concocting a glitch in a Florida satellite, America's president cuts Mexico's communications systems no phones, faxes, or e-mails and plunges the country into an administrative nightmare of colossal proportions. Now, despite the motto that a Mexican politician never puts anything in writing, people have no choice but to communicate through letters, which Fuentes crafts with a keen understanding of man's motives and desires. As the blizzard of activity grows more and more complex, political adversaries come out to prey. The ineffectual president, his scheming cabinet secretary, a thuggish and ruthless police chief, and an unscrupulous, sensual kingmaker are just a few of the fascinating characters maneuvering and jockeying for position to achieve the power they all so desperately crave. From the Hardcover edition.
651			_aMexico _v--Fiction
655		7	_aPolitical fiction
700	1		_aCordero, Kristina _d(, 1971-)
942			_cLAS
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