by Guillermo Arriaga · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788410299221
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In the heart of the 19th century, Henry Lloyd, a man with an enigmatic past, builds an immense fortune through blood and fire. With his army of freed slaves and his mulatto sons, he invades lands, loots, and murders, fearing only Jack Barley, his nemesis. This polyphonic novel, narrated by six voices in different eras, reveals the life of Lloyd, a story of fierce loyalties, transgressive loves, and savage beings in savage times. Guillermo Arriaga explores the origins of capitalism, the formation of the United States, the loss of Mexican territory, the battles between Apaches, Mexicans, and Texans, and the wound of slavery.
Guillermo Arriaga Jordán is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award.
