The counselor : a screenplay
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
The counselor : a screenplay
AUTHOR:
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-
ISBN:
9781447227649
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Picador, 2013.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
184 p. ; 20 cm
ABSTRACT:
This is the story of a lawyer, the Counselor, a man who is so seduced by the desire to get rich, to impress his fiancee Laura, that he becomes involved in a drug-smuggling venture that quickly takes him way out of his depth. His contacts in this are the mysterious and probably corrupt Reiner and the seductive Malkina, so exotic her pets of choice are two cheetahs. As the action crosses the Mexican border, things become darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than the Counselor has ever imagined.
GENRE_TERM:
SUBJECT:
Motion picture plays. |
Cocaine industry -- Drama. |
Drug traffic -- Texas -- Drama. |
Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Drama. |
Texas -- Boundaries -- Mexico -- Drama. |
Mexico -- Boundaries -- Texas -- Drama. |
Suspense fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
This is the story of a lawyer, the Counselor, a man who is so seduced by the desire to get rich, to impress his fiancee Laura, that he becomes involved in a drug-smuggling venture that quickly takes him way out of his depth. His contacts in this are the mysterious and probably corrupt Reiner and the seductive Malkina, so exotic her pets of choice are two cheetahs. As the action crosses the Mexican border, things become darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than the Counselor has ever imagined.