Description: What if narco violence and trafficking do not threaten the state, but are actually central to its operations?
Brief description: Oswaldo Zavala is a professor of contemporary Latin American literature and culture with a joint appointment at the College of Staten Island and at The Graduate Center, both institutions part of the City University of New York (CUNY).
William Savinar is a writer, translator, and English teacher living in Mexico City.Review Quotes: "A fascinating mix of journalism and academic analysis."
--Niamh Thornton, author of Tastemakers and Tastemaking: Mexico and Curated Screen Violence