by Kem Nunn · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782264055392
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«Tijuana Straits» is the crime novel by Kem Nunn, published by 10-18 in paperback (380 pages, in French).
On the border between California and Mexico, Sam Fahey, an ex-convict, rescues Magdalena, a Mexican activist who survived an assassination attempt, and accompanies her in search of her attackers. Her denunciation of labor exploitation and pollution by foreign companies leads him into a territory of corruption, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
Translation from English by Natalie Zimmermann; original from 2004 and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. French edition from 2012, chosen best foreign crime novel by Lire in 2011.
For readers of crime fiction and thrillers interested in stories with social background and border atmosphere.
Kem Nunn is a third-generation Californian novelist, surfer, and magazine and television writer who lives in southern California. He has been described as "the inventor of surf-noir" for his novels' dark themes, political overtones, and surf settings. He is the author of six novels, including his 1984 seminal debut surf novel Tapping the Source, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Tapping The Source inspired the 1991 movie Point Break, and its 2015 remake. Nunn's novel, Tijuana Straights, received a Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
