This book is probably my favorite. Ive not finished it yet, but the normal plot-line is a welcome change. Also, as was mentioned in class, I feel the book has a very cinematic quality to it. I watched City of God last weekend (brilliant on a highdef TV- such amazing filming), and I could definitely see how this story could be a cool spanish-language movie with lots of violence and sex and crazy music.
I wonder what is going to happen when Trujillo gets killed. Something terrible apparently, and im also starting to wonder if Urania is somehow involved... given her issues regarding men etc. Im not convinced, but it seems that a major part of Latin American dictatorships involves punished people who arent involved...
Im also interested in this Simon Gittelman character. I saw Charlie Wilson's War over the xmas break (and was a bit disappointed... it was a weird mix of seriousness, but lacked the violence and intensity of a compelling war movie...) and Gittelman really reminded me of those characters who were financing wars in oppressed countries, but were tightly connected with the US government as well. Now that i think about it, a brief aside. In Lord of War the character is an arms dealer and it says its based on a true story, which i figured was either not true or true in the loosest sense of the word. Not the case! a few weeks ago the real-life inspiration was arrested and "Merchant of Death" escapades were very much the same as in the movie.
This is a very uninspired blog... Its odd because i have more to say when i don't like the book... this is just an entertaining read, although i find Urania to be a boring character. As are the conspirators... the Trujillo partition is very engaging though. I watch Judge Joe Brown and Cops religiously and i work at a rubbish removal company in the summer... i was told this week by my good friend that im fascinated with degeneracy... might be so. Maybe thats why im finding the dictators life the most interesting?
