La cabeza de la hidra

Synopsis of La cabeza de la hidra

«La cabeza de la hidra» is the thriller novel by Carlos Fuentes, published by Javier Vergara, Editor, S.A. in paperback (286 pages, in Spanish).

Bureaucrat Félix Maldonado sees his identity usurped and is drawn into an international conspiracy over Mexico's oil reserves. The plot combines espionage and political critique to explore personal and national identity, corruption, and the influence of multinational corporations on culture and the country's internal control.

First edition, published in Barcelona in 1978.

Recommended for readers of thrillers and twentieth-century Mexican and Latin American fiction.