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El país de los ciegos
One-Eye Durán leaves prison after 5 years, but he feels old and washed-up. Betrayed by his old gang, he soon makes a name for himself once more in a corrupt and hostile city. Extorsion, bribery and drugs trafficking are his calling card. One-Eye only understands one language: violence. And he's an expert. Money comes quickly, and so do problems, with the appearance of the body of one of his mules. Determined to maintain his legal front, One-Eye will investigate the murder while being followed by the police and threatened by his old mates, watching himself get dragged into a plot of interests which goes from the Russian to the Colombian mafia. And, in the storm of bullets and blood, the streets whisper that Magallanes, the maniac who almost killed him in prison, is back in the neighbourhood. A novel full of colourful characters, sharp dialogues, black humour and social criticism.