Amexica: War Along the Borderline

Amexica is a journey through the cartels reach into the borderlands daily life, painting an essential portrait of a country under siege and testament to people who carry on regardless.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 512 pages
Publication date: 17 September 2020
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Between the interiors of the United States and Mexico lies a borderland: Amexica. A terrain astride the world's busiest frontier, teeming with migrants, factory workers, narcos, tourists, heroines, and heroes, ranchers, and rogues. A border both porous and harsh, criss-crossed by a million people every day. A warzone, where a grotesque pastiche of the globalized economy plays out in a tragedy of unfathomable violence as drug cartels and state forces face off. Amexica is a journey through the cartels reach into the borderlands daily life: through migrant camps, drug-smuggling 'plazas, rehab centres, sweatshop factories, and the mass-murder of women. Updated with new material ten years on, it paints an essential portrait of a country under siege - and testament to people who carry on regardless. 'Previously, to understand the ruthlessness, ambition, and impact of today's global criminals, you needed to read Roberto Saviano's Gomorrah and Misha Glenny's McMafia. Now, you also need to read Vulliamy's Amexica. The Sunday Times

Weight: 404g
Dimension: 132 x 197 x 36 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529113662
Edition number: Revised ed