Leopard in the Sun
By Stephen Lytle (Translator); Laura Restrepo
(Vintage, Paperback, 9780375705083, 256pp.)
Publication Date: September 12, 2000
Categories: Literary
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In Laura Restrepo's stunning novel, a feud between two Colombian drug families escalates into a bloody, high-stakes war that will leave no one in its path untouched. The Barragáns and the Monsalves are rival clans, each steeped in wealth and power, each subject only to laws of their own making. The similarities end there. While the Barragáns, headed by the brutal Nando, remain tied to the ancient traditions, the Monsalves grapple with whether or not to follow Mani, their charismatic and conflicted leader, into a modern age in which even fewer rules apply. As both clans ponder the profits they might reap from an expanding global cocaine trade, Nando and Mani are faced with the consequences of their violent pasts--and forced, by their disillusioned women and the prices on their heads, to reckon with the possibility that nothing will be left once all their bullets have found their targets.
Rife with sensual detail, this epic story of lust, betrayal, and revenge is as timeless as interfamily conflict and as immediate as today's news.
Laura Restrepo livse in Bogotá, Colombia.
"A writer who captures a hitherto hidden way of life. . . . A writer who illuminates a world." --The Washington Post Book World
"Laura Restrepo breathes life into a singular amalgam of journalistic investigation and literary creation . . . and infuses [her novels] with unmistakable reading pleasures." --Gabriel García Márquez
"This family epic set in contemporary Colombia holds all the indulgent pleasures of the tragic, steamy telenovellas watched by the novel's characters." --Booklist
"A gripping tale of passion and revenge." --New Woman
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