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The Queen of the South

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

  • 542 pages · about 9 hours
  • First published 2002
  • 32 editions
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1 About this book

The Queen of the South (Spanish: La reina del sur) is a 2002 novel by the Spanish writer Arturo Pérez-Reverte. It is about a Mexican woman, Teresa Mendoza, who ends up as an international drug lord.

Telemundo produced a Spanish-language television series of the same name, based on the novel. With a budget of 10 million US dollars, it was Telemundo's most expensive TV series at the time of its premiere in 2011. The second season was launched in April 2019. USA Network made an English-language adaptation for television, Queen of the South (2016–2021).

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: a thriller, adventure, and a long read.

  • Mexico
  • Thrillers
  • Crime
  • Adventure
  • Drug traffic
  • Revenge
  • Young women
  • Spain

2 About Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Born 1951

Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez (born 25 November 1951) is a Spanish novelist and journalist. He worked as a war correspondent for RTVE for 21 years (1973–1994). His first novel, El húsar, set in the Napoleonic Wars, was published in 1986. He is well known outside Spain for his Captain Alatriste series of adventure novels, which have been translated into multiple languages. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Royal Spanish Academy.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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