Now in Spanish: one of Mexico’s most celebrated new novelists, F. G. Haghenbeck offers a beautifully written reimagining of Frida Kahlo’s fascinating life and loves. Entre los objetos personales de Frida Kahlo había una pequeña libreta negra a la que llamaba “El Libro de Hierba Santa” con su colección de recetas de cocina dedicadas a la Santa Muerte. Esta se exhibiría por primera vez en el Palacio de Bellas Artes con motivo de la fecha de su natalicio. El día que se abrió la exhibición al público la libreta desapareció. F. G. Haghenbeck, uno de los escritores más aclamados en México, se inspiró en este hecho y escribió esta maravillosa novela, la cual trae una vez más a la vida a la famosa artista Frida Kahlo. Haghenbeck imagina que esta libreta fue un regalo de su amante Tina Modotti, después de que Frida sobrevivió al terrible accidente de tráfico que marcó su vida. Desde este punto, Haghenbeck intercala recetas con pasajes vividos por la artista y reconstruye de una forma magistral la tumultuosa pero fascinante vida de Frida Kahlo, desde su romance con el amor de su vida y afamado pintor Diego Rivera, hasta sus relaciones con personajes famosos como Georgia O’Keeffe, Ernest Hemingway y Salvador Dalí, entre otros.

El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo (Atria Espanol) (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Haghenbeck,F. G.

Literary

Atria/Primero Sueno Press

Beatnik detective Sunny Pascal is an expert at two things: cocktails and finding trouble. And when the filming of John Hustonâ€™s The Night of the Iguana hits a few snags with its sexed-up, star- studded cast in a Puerto Vallarta paradise, producer Ray Stark brings Sunny in to chill out the set. But matters get tipsy when someoneâ€™s found deader than dead, shot down by a gun belonging to one of the cast members. Now Sunnyâ€™s got to keep his Hollywood stars out of jail long enough for him to solve the case. But the trouble doesnâ€™t stop with murder. The Mexican mafia and local newspapers wage a tension war against the hedonistic Americans, and if John Huston has anything to say about it, Sunnyâ€™s got to be the one to keep the show on the road. Only Sunny will be doing it his way: with a martini in one hand and a Colt in the other. Prolific Mexican comic book writer and Turn of the Screw Awardâ€“winner F.G. Haghenbeck gives us the spins with Bitter Drink, a tense tale of crime, passion, and cocktails.

Bitter Drink

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

BRILLIANCE AUDIO ^

A Q&A with F.G. Haghenbeck  Novelist, historian, and comic-book writer F.G. Haghenbeck is the author of The Secret Book of Frieda Kahlo, among other titles. His latest to be translated into English, Bitter Drink, won the Otra Vuelta de Tuerca award in Mexico for best mystery novel.  Question: What inspired you to write Bitter Drink? F.G. Haghenbeck: I decided to write a novel like the novels I love--something with a charismatic main character and the feeling of the pulp noir books that Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett wrote.  Also, I've always loved the culture of the '60s: the cocktails, music, and film. I knew from the beginning that the story would happen in that decade. At that time, I was living in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the writer William Reed told me a real story about John Huston: He gave golden guns with silver bullets to each actor and actress in The Night of the Iguana. He figured that when the actors wanted to kill each other, they could use these weapons. I wondered what would have happened if someone had been killed with a gun like that. The rest came to me like magic. Then I was in the middle of writing the book and I felt something was missing--an outside voice that tied it all together. I used my knowledge of mixology to create the right environment, including drinks and songs in each chapter. I loved the result and have used it in other novels since. Q: What are the key ingredients for creating a great noir-esque detective? FGH: The character needs to be a son of a...in many ways, but he also needs to have a quality you can fall in love with. My favorite example is Philip Marlowe. He's like a medieval knight in a raincoat with a Remington in his hand. Q: What are the noir novels that every mystery fan should read? FGH: For me, one name: Raymond Chandler. He is the best 20th-century American writer. Of course, you have Hemingway or Capote, but Chandler created the hardboiled dialogue that became a trademark of urban fiction from the 1940s. His first novel, The Big Sleep, is my favorite. Q: Which cast member from Night of the Iguana would you most like to have a cocktail with? FGH: Ava Gardner, of course. She had dirty eyes and a really lustful smile. That's why she was called "the world's most beautiful animal." Although Richard Burton might be a better companion for a drink. He was a good drinker.

World Literature

Amazon Crossing

<div>Raymundo "Ray" Rey vive aburrido en un pueblo alejado del mundo, perdido entre los maizales. Su padre trabaja en una ferretería, su madre es ama de casa, su hermana es la chica más popular de la escuela y él se dedica a soñar despierto leyendo novelas de aventuras. Mas un día esa vida cambia totalmente con la llegada de los "extraños", un grupo de ancianos que viajan en una caravana y se asientan en un escampado en las afueras de la ciudad. Desde ese momento empiezan a suceder cosas raras y desagradables en el pueblo, incluso la muerte de varios de sus habitantes. &nbsp; Raymundo "Ray" Rey lives an uneventful life in a remote village, lost among the cornfields. His father works in a hardware store, his mother is a housewife, his sister is the most popular girl in school, and he daydreams while reading adventure novels. But one day his life completely changes with the arrival of the "outsiders", a group of elders who travel in a caravan and settle in a clearing on the outskirts of the city. From that moment, strange and unpleasant things begin to happen in the town, including the death of several of its inhabitants.</div>

Deidades menores (Spanish Edition)

Children's Books

Gran Travesia

<div>Mientras el terror de la amenaza nazi se extiende por el mundo, un horror primigenio ronda el umbral a nuestro planeta a pocos kilómetros de Perote, donde una excavación arqueológica ha revelado un templo consagrado a Xipe Tótec, "Nuestro Señor el Desollado", antiguo y sanguinario dios prehispánico de los ancestros mexicas. Una deidad que puede ser más que un desvarío precolombino: Xipe Tótec, como sus hermanos primigenios, parece estar a punto de resurgir bañado en la sangre de sus seguidores. Ahora, un variopinto grupo de héroes y heroínas, concentrados en el lugar y momento precisos por la mano del destino, habrá de unir fuerzas para impedir que el portal al inframundo se abra, una vez más, en nuestro mundo. While the terror of the Nazi threat spreads throughout the world, a primal horror haunts the threshold of our planet a few kilometers from Perote, where an archaeological excavation has revealed a temple consecrated to Xipe Tótec, Nuestro Señor el Desollado, an ancient and bloodthirsty God of Mexican ancestors. A deity that may be more than a pre-Columbian delirium: Xipe Tótec, like his early brothers, seems to be about to re-emerge bathed in the blood of his followers. Now, a diverse group of heroes and heroines, concentrated in the right place and time by the hand of destiny, will have to join forces to prevent the portal to the underworld from opening, once again, in our world.&nbsp;</div>

Sangre helada (Spanish Edition)

Thrillers & Suspense

Océano.

Morir matando (Spanish Edition)

Genre Fiction

Cuando a Sunny Pascal le encargan que haga de niñera de un grupo de estrellas de Hollywood durante el rodaje de La noche de la iguana, parece que se trata de un trabajo facil: una playa paradisiaca en Mexico, muchos bares en el camino y olas para practicar surf. Claro que la cosa se complica si las estrellas en cuestion son Ava Gardner y sus piernas eternas, Sue Lyon con su inocencia fingida, y Richard Burton, borracho y violento, y que ademas llega a Puerto Vallarta acompañado de Elizabeth Taylor. Muchos ingrendientes para que el cocktail no resulte explosivo. Las cosas no se quedan, por desgracia, en una titanica lucha de egos sino que para aderezar al director de la pelicula, John Huston, no se le ocurre otra cosa que regalarles a los actores una pistola de oro con cinco balas de plata a cada uno, para que se maten entre ellos, si quieren. Como tenia que suceder, alguien muere. Sunny Pascal, el primer detective beatnik de la historia, mitad en todo --mitad mexicano, mitad gringo; mitad alcoholico, mitad surfer; mitad vivo, mitad muerto; alguien con half español, mitad english-- sera el encargado de mantener a raya a chantajistas, ladrones, asesinos, actores, director y equipo tecnico. Y todo ello, mientras mantiene el cool, bebe cocteles y procura que no lo maten a el tambien.

Trago amargo (Spanish Edition)

United States

Roca Editorial

Es 1965, el mundo se esta recuperando del asesinato de Kennedy y baila al ritmo del rock. Su amigo, el productor de cine Scott Cherries, contrata a Pascal para que vuele a la turistica playa y sirva de guardaespaldas de Johnny Weissmüller, alias Tarzan, durante el afamado festival de cine. El viejo campeon olimpico y estrella de cine, se ha metido con la mafia local y debe una buena cantidad por su aficion al juego y bebida. Sunny debe sacarlo del embrollo, pero su afan de meterse en problemas lo envuelve en un trama de caracter internacional contando con la ayuda del mafioso mas seductor: Frank Sinatra. / It is 1965; the world is reeling from the assassination of Kennedy and dances the rock. Film producer Scott Cherries, hires Pascal to fly to the resort beach and serve as a bodyguard for Johnny Weissmuller. Sunny, is out of the mess but his eagerness to get into trouble wraps it in a plot with the help of the alluring mafia character: Frank Sinatra.

El caso tequila (Roca Editorial Criminal) (Spanish Edition)

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El libro secreto de Frida Kahlo (Atria Espanol) (Spanish Edition)

Bitter Drink

Bitter Drink

Bitter Drink

Deidades menores (Spanish Edition)

Sangre helada (Spanish Edition)

Morir matando (Spanish Edition)

Trago amargo (Spanish Edition)

El caso tequila (Roca Editorial Criminal) (Spanish Edition)