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The Border
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 29 hrs and 7 mins
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The Border
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Summary
The explosive, highly anticipated conclusion to the epic Cartel trilogy from the New York Times best-selling author of The Force.
The war has come home.
For over 40 years, Art Keller has been on the front lines of America’s longest conflict: the War on Drugs. His obsession with defeating the godfather of the Sinaloa Cartel - Adán Barrera - has cost him people he loves, even taken a piece of his soul.
Now Keller is elevated to the highest ranks of the DEA, only to find that in destroying one monster he has created 30 more that are wreaking chaos in his beloved Mexico. But not just there.
Fighting to end the heroin epidemic scourging America, Keller finds himself surrounded by an incoming administration that’s in bed with the very drug traffickers that Keller is trying to bring down.
From the slums of Guatemala to the marbled corridors of Washington, DC, Winslow follows a new generation of narcos, cops, addicts, politicians and mere children fleeing the violence for the chance of a life in a new country.
A shattering tale of vengeance, corruption and justice, The Border is an unflinching portrait of modern America, a story of - and for - our time.
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"The year’s best thriller." (Sunday Times, Books of the Year)
"One of the great literary achievements of the century so far." (Daily Telegraph)
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- Boris Backache
- 24-12-19
Writing by an author at the top of his game.
An exceptional book by a superb author. This is a story for and of our time. Heartfelt and heartwarming in these troubled times.
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- Professor J.
- 29-11-19
Good story, well read, but over long.
Einstein allegedly said that “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. The "War on Drugs" has been fought in the same way for 40 years with the same result, or more correctly the same lack of results. A quick scan of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's annual World Drug Report will confirm that. This book describes the internecine wars of the Mexican drug cartels in graphic detail. It also describes in less detail the consequence of the illicit heroin and fentanyl imports on the USA. The book illustrates the futility of the "war on drugs" as it is currently fought.
I found the book overlong and some of the side stories could have been edited for length without loss.
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- Jason Morgan
- 23-03-19
great trilogy
Winslow writes a brilliant story I love the characters and felt like I was there listening to the narrative . great book of a trilogy of gory real life in South America often heartbreaking but I bet it is as real as it gets....
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- Amazon Customer
- 23-04-20
Incredible
Loved it. Read a few of Don Winslow's book but this was my favourite. Amazing character development and plot. Loved the ending and fully agree and believe with the point being made about the failure of the war on drugs. highly recommend!
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- Anonymous User
- 13-04-19
Utterly brilliant
Great wrap up to the series, I could read it again. extra points for the obvious trump trolling
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-05-19
Outstanding
This is an exceptional book and amazing trilogy. So detailed, exciting and real. Many intertwining stories, that have you on the edge of your seat. Arturo Keller is a legend!
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- Chris N.
- 17-10-23
A masterpiece of popular fiction.
Audio books 1 and 2 are not available?. .. Hopefully, they will be soon..
This book works as a standalone, though.
Anyway..............
Story. 10
Structure. 10
Characterisation. 8.5
Narration. 11!
Philosophical depth. 8
Believability. 11!!
Educational content 9
Dialogue. 10
'Breadth' 10
Poetic Quality. 7
Pageturnability!! 10.
Magnificent!
Really bad technical booboo in Chapter 24 where a small chunk is just 'redacted' 😕 .
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- Kathryn
- 16-10-21
The best book I have experienced
I read the first book in this series many years ago and always said it was the best I'd ever read. I recently re-read it and also read the second book in the series.
But this is at another level, the characters are fantastically deep and the underlying story is unbeatable. The various threads are all independently intriguing but come together so well through the novel.
The narration is excellent too, the various accents are well used and I could easily of believed there were multiple voices at work.
There are of course many nods to real-life in the book and these are well woven in. Understanding the different backgrounds of the various character nationalities was very educational for me and the similarities to real people in some cases were very entertaining.
I can not recommended it enough, I would say that the first two books should be read first if possible, but for some reason they are not on UK audible!
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- Mark
- 28-11-19
Epic Masterpiece
This book is beautifully written and superbly read read by Ray Porter. At over 29 hours it is truly a tour de force of sustained brilliance. With Art Keller at the moral heart of the story it is a pitch perfect conclusion to an amazing trilogy. Fans of the current USA administration might find offence in some of the plot points but lovers of strong fiction that relates to current events will love it. Don Winslow has now completed his magnum opus and I would love to see what Netflix might be able to do with it as an alternative perspective to Amazon's 'Jack Ryan'.
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- Downings
- 26-04-19
A powerful story of Mexican cartels and Americas drug problems
I found a slow paced start but I’m glad that I stuck with it. A well researched and informed book very current shedding a light on the state of US political morality.
No hesitation in recommending this book
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