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The Devil Takes You Home (2022)

2022 · Gabino Iglesias · 343 pág. · United States of America

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This genre-defying, Bram Stoker award-winning thriller follows a father desperate to salvage what's left of his family—even if it means a descent into violence. Buried in debt due to his young daughter’s illness, his marriage at the brink, Mario reluctantly takes a job as a hitman, surprising himself with his proclivity for violence. After tragedy destroys the life he knew, Mario agrees to one final job: hijack a cartel’s cash shipment before it reaches Mexico. Along with an old friend and a cartel-insider named Juanca, Mario sets off on the near-suicidal mission, which will leave him with either a cool $200,000 or a bullet in the skull. But the path to reward or ruin is never as straight as it seems. As the three complicated men travel through the endless landscape of Texas, across the border and back, their hidden motivations are laid bare alongside nightmarish encounters that defy explanation. One thing is certain: even if Mario makes it out alive, he won’t return the same. The Devil Takes You Home is a panoramic odyssey for fans of S.A. Cosby’s southern noir, Blacktop Wasteland, by way of the boundary-defying storytelling of Stephen Graham Jones and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: NPR, Harper's Bazaar, Chicago Tribune, Vulture, Oprah Daily, CrimeReads, The Millions, and many more! An Edgar Award Finalist • A Bram Stoker Award Winner • A Shirley Jackson Award Finalist • A Book of the Month Club Pick • An August Indie Next List Selection • An ABA Indie Bestseller

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Uma proposta de 2022 centrada em A mix driven, Character driven e dark. Dirigida por Gabino Iglesias.

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Influências

  1. 1900
    Rosemary's Baby
  2. 1948
    1984
  3. 1953
    Fahrenheit 451
  4. 1967
    I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
  5. 1971
    The Exorcist
  6. 2022
    The Devil Takes You Home

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