It’s not easy being a cop in Mexico City.
Meet Carlos Hernandez, Carlito to his women. He’s 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.
A savagely funny, sexy crime adventure that is a biting satire of life in Mexico.
Author Information
Rolo Diez, born in Argentina in 1940, was imprisoned for two years during the military dictatorship and forced into exile. He now lives in Mexico City, where he works as a novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
The Translator
Nick Caistor has translated more than twenty novels from Spanish and Portuguese. They include such literary crime titles as 'The Art of Murder' by Jose Carlos Somoza and 'The Buenos Aires Quintet' by Manuel Vasquez Montalban.
Praise for Tequila Blue
''Certainly a book to read not only for its insight as to how to survive in Mexico but also for the sexy crime adventure that it ultimately is.'' Shots Magazine
''A bent copper in Mexico City is the hero of this short, sharp, cynical novel. Tequila Blue is something like a Peckinpah movie: violent, funny, sad, as hot as salsa, as tasty as tacos and twice as enjoyable...'' The Independent on Sunday
Internet links
Diez-Tequila Blue blog
labloga.blogspot.com/ 2005/ 07/ rolo-diez-tequila-blue-mato-y-voy.html
Diez-German Edition Tequila Blue
www.distelliteraturverlag.de/ autor/ 18
Diez-Shots Magazine review
www.shotsmag.co.uk/ reviews0504/ tequilablue.html
Diez-Humanite Interview
www.humanite.presse.fr/ journal/ 1998-12-04/ 1998-12-04-429717
