Mexico: Stories

Taken individually, these are terrific stories. There's a kind of sameness to them, however. Always there is a terrible crime, a killing or maiming, usually carried out by a gang or drug dealer. The author knows Mexico better than I do–I haven't been there for ten years–but he paints a very bleak picture. I still recommend the book, but I wouldn't read it all at once the way I did. Read a story, savor it, and wait a bit before you read the next one.