The Creed of Violence - Hardcover

Teran, Boston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582435251 ISBN 13: 9781582435251

Publisher: Counterpoint, 2009

Synopsis

Mexico, 1910. The landscape pulses with the force of the upcoming revolution, an atmosphere rich in opportunity for a criminal such as Rawbone. His fortune arrives across the haze of the Sierra Blanca in the form of a truck loaded with weapons, an easy sell to those financing a bloodletting.

But Rawbone’s plan spins against him, and he soon finds himself at the Mexican-American border and in the hands of the Bureau of Investigation. He is offered a chance for immunity, but only if he agrees to proceed with his scheme to deliver the truck and its goods to the Mexican oil fields while under the command of Agent John Lourdes. Rawbone sees no other option and agrees to the deal but he fails to recognize the true identity of Agent Lourdes, a man from deep within his past.

As they work to expose the criminal network at the core of the revolution, it is clear their journey into the tarred desert is a push toward a certain ruin, and the history lurking between the criminal and agent may seal their fates.

About this title

About the Author

BOSTON TERAN is the acclaimed author of several novels, including God Is a Bullet, considered a cult classic that has been compared to such seminal works as Joan Didion's The White Album and John Ford's The Searchers; Never Count out the Dead, which has been called a modern equivalent of 'MacBeth'; and Trois Femmes(Three Women), which has been reviewed as 'a true masterpiece.' Teran's works have been published around the world and have been nominated for or won such awards as the International Impact Award of Dublin for Best Novel, the Best Novel of the Year in Japan, and the John Creasy Award in England.

Review

Praise for The Creed of Violence:

"Boston Teran's The Creed of Violence is a terrific story and beautifully written. It works as a story about imperialism, and it's also a touching tale of fathers, sons and one very bad man's attempts at regeneration. But most of all it's exciting and tense and you'll probably read it, as I did, in one great sitting." Robert Ward, author of Red Baker and Four Kinds of Rain

Teran’s considerable skills sneakily transform his characters, who use language like a concealed weapon. His Rawbone, a raconteur straddling the gutter between the old West and belle époque, is a Manila line braided with wit, cold-blooded efficiency, and a surprisingly expansive soul a romantic cynic too wise to misinterpret derision for insight. The hallucinogenic epic he traverses with young John Lourdes produces one of the most exciting literary pairings since Fagin met Twist.” Todd Field

Praise for God Is a Bullet:

Ranks with Joan Didion’s The White Album . . . and John Ford’s classic film The Searchers.” The San Francisco Examiner

A millennial morality play . . . that might well have been written by William Blake [and] James Ellroy . . . if they’d all sat around with a few gallons of absinthe.” Dallas Morning Herald

Praise for Never Count Out the Dead:

Cements Teran’s talent as a . . . virtuoso.” Publishers Weekly

Edition details

• Publisher: Counterpoint
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1582435251
• ISBN 13: 9781582435251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320