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Tequila Blue is set in Mexico City. Carlos Hernandez, Carlito to his women, is a police detective with a complicated life. A wife, a mistress, children by both and a pay-check that never seems to arrive. This being Mexico he resorts to pimping, blackmail, money laundering and arms dealing to finance his police activity. The money for justice must be found somewhere. The corpse in the hotel room is that of a gringo with a weakness for blue movies. Carlito's maverick investigation leads him into a labyrinth of gang wars, assassinated prostitutes and corrupt politicians.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Carlos Hernandez, or Carlito, is a police detective fighting the no-so-good fight in a Mexico riven with corruption and cut-throat crims.
The corpse in the hotel room is but one hook Rolo Diez casts to catch the reader. Tie in gang wars, murdered hookers and corrupt politicians (is there another type?) and the mix is a heady one.
BLP's tag line for Tequila Blue is `It's not easy being a copy in Mexico city' and Diez acrobatically makes the point with a bravura display of high-wire storytelling.
Style. Humour. Exotic setting and an ample dollop of sleaze makes Tequila Blue one heady cocktail.
The corpse in the hotel room is but one hook Rolo Diez casts to catch the reader. Tie in gang wars, murdered hookers and corrupt politicians (is there another type?) and the mix is a heady one.
BLP's tag line for Tequila Blue is `It's not easy being a copy in Mexico city' and Diez acrobatically makes the point with a bravura display of high-wire storytelling.
Style. Humour. Exotic setting and an ample dollop of sleaze makes Tequila Blue one heady cocktail.
Format:Paperback
Rolo Diez is a wonderful find. In his Tequila Blue, we see his sympatico character, Carlito Hernandez, a cop who is honest by his lights, but sees nothing wrong in dealing in arms, running a protection racket, or maintaining two households (a wife and kids in one, a mistress and kids in another). He is that non-pareil, the Mexican macho man, capable of deep love (his kids adore him) and incredible selfishness (he'll sleep with any woman who gives him an erection - and he is quite catholic in this department). This is as thorough a social criticism as you can find of the deep corruption in Mexico: the police barely get paid and so have to fund their pursuit of serious crime by tolerating and abetting lesser crime. The entire structure of justice is rotten, of course, with everyone on the take; women recognise their relative powerlessness in this male-dominated hierarchy, and promote their own agendas with sexual cunning. On top of it all is the overbearing presence of the mighty neighbour to the North from where arrive protected individuals seeking release for their tawdriest and most brutal passions among the impoverished and desperate Mexicans. Carlito seeks his own version of justice for the indigent and the brutalised, and braves gang wars and politicos and large quantities of alcohol in his quest. This is a darkly humorous and deeply satirical novella. Don't miss it.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
terrific Mexican police procedural
7 Nov 2004
Format:Paperback
Mexico City Police Detective Carlos "Carlito" Hernandez needs cash quick to shut up his nagging wife Lourdes who points out that they have not paid the school fees for their children. He has avoided his mistress Gloria for four days because he has no money to help her and her family; besides which she behaves like a Lourdes' clone. Finally at the office, the chief's secretary Maribel demands the office contribution while enjoying asides with Carlito though she detests having the room bill dumped on her. To maintain his two families' lifestyle and continue his law enforcement career, Carlito supplements his income selling Columbian for the Police Chief, laundering money and vending arms.
Carlito goes to the Malibu Hotel to investigate the homicide of an American Jones. The hotel clerk says a blond woman went upstairs with Jones, but later a blond man paid the room bill while the victim's Columbian wife acts the soap opera version of the grieving widow. Though pressed to drop the inquiries, Carlito ignores political pressure and danger from gangs to dig deeper into a seedy underbelly that makes his side activities so Disney-like innocent (just ask Snow White).
This is a terrific Mexican police procedural starring a wonderful protagonist whose personal lives interfere with his professional life. Rolo Diez (ably translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor) satirically bushwhacks the value venders through his hero, who works the system with capitalist deals to make ends meet in his varying social spheres. The cleverly designed who-done-it and several sidebars bring a perspective of Mexico that the tourist bureau would want hidden from view as Carlito follows the clues while earning a living anyway he can.
Harriet Klausner
Carlito goes to the Malibu Hotel to investigate the homicide of an American Jones. The hotel clerk says a blond woman went upstairs with Jones, but later a blond man paid the room bill while the victim's Columbian wife acts the soap opera version of the grieving widow. Though pressed to drop the inquiries, Carlito ignores political pressure and danger from gangs to dig deeper into a seedy underbelly that makes his side activities so Disney-like innocent (just ask Snow White).
This is a terrific Mexican police procedural starring a wonderful protagonist whose personal lives interfere with his professional life. Rolo Diez (ably translated from the Spanish by Nick Caistor) satirically bushwhacks the value venders through his hero, who works the system with capitalist deals to make ends meet in his varying social spheres. The cleverly designed who-done-it and several sidebars bring a perspective of Mexico that the tourist bureau would want hidden from view as Carlito follows the clues while earning a living anyway he can.
Harriet Klausner
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Gritty Indeed
18 Mar 2006
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I really liked this book. It doesn't pull any punches about third world police corruption. Reminded me of the Harvey Keitel's Bad Lieutenant.
4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Mucho Noir
29 Mar 2005
Format:Paperback
Mexico City cop who's way passed being on the take. Very gritty. You've been warned.
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