{"product_id":"amexica-war-along-the-borderline-by-ed-vulliamy","title":"Amexica: War Along the Borderline by Ed Vulliamy","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780374104412\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux, October 2010\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e368 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmexica is the harrowing story of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the U.S.-Mexico border€”€œa country in its own right, which belongs to both the United States and Mexico, yet neither€€”as the narco-war escalates to a fever pitch there.In 2009, after reporting from the border for many years, Ed Vulliamy traveled the frontier from the Pacific coast to the Gulf of Mexico, from Tijuana to Matamoros, a journey through a kaleidoscopic landscape of corruption and all-out civil war, but also of beauty and joy and resilience. He describes in revelatory detail how the narco gangs work; the smuggling of people, weapons, and drugs back and forth across the border; middle-class flight from Mexico and an American celebrity culture that is feeding the violence; the interrelated economies of drugs and the maquiladora factories; the ruthless, systematic murder of young women in Ciudad Juarez. Heroes, villains, and victims€”the brave and rogue police\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433370239138,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/91CV5MbKJFS._SY342.jpg?v=1784107318","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/amexica-war-along-the-borderline-by-ed-vulliamy","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}