Savages
  • Published: 1 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099556305
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99

Savages

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A brilliant thriller that pits young, independent marijuana kingpins against a Mexican cartel

Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation, reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged, Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they can't handle-the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in, sending them the message that a "no" is unacceptable. When they refuse to back down, the cartel escalates its threat, kidnapping Ophelia, the boys' playmate and confidante. O's abduction sets off a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations and gripping plot twists that will captivate readers eager to learn the costs of freedom.

Savages is an adrenaline-fuelled novel by a master thriller writer at the very top of his game.
  • Published: 1 October 2011
  • ISBN: 9780099556305
  • Imprint: Arrow
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Don Winslow

Don Winslow has worked as a movie theatre manager, a production assistant, and as a private investigator. In addition to being a novelist he now works as an independent consultant in issues involving litigation arising from criminal behaviour. His novels include The Kings of Cool, Savages, The Death and Life of Bobby Z, California Fire and Life, The Power of the Dog, The Winter of Frankie Machine and The Dawn Patrol. In 2012 Savages was released as a blockbuster film.

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Also by Don Winslow

The Cartel
The Death And Life Of Bobby Z
The Kings of Cool
The Dawn Patrol
The Gentlemen's Hour
The Winter of Frankie Machine
The Power of the Dog
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Praise for Savages

Don Winslow's best book yet

Janet Evanovich

Utterly impossible to put down. Savages is, bar none, the best novel I have read in years

Christopher Reich, author of Rules of Deception

...a thoughtful, prescient satire on the war on drugs, packed with neat twists and funny-horrid set pieces. The characters stay with you, too

Guardian

Savages is a wild ride...The language is limber and lean, the pace adrenalin-fuelled and the killers downright terrifying ... Will linger with you long after the final page

Time Out

Winslow on rip-roaring form, his most stylish, pacy and blood-soaked novel yet ... A brilliantly clever game of cat and mouse ... Vibrant, stylish and captivating ... A true thriller

Henry Sutton, Mirror

Rejoice - Don is back on the drugs ... Winslow has few equals

Independent

This is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid on autoload. Winslow's stripped-down prose is a revelation

Stephen King

A frighteningly convincing depiction of big-time drug cartels at work

John Harvey

Savages [. . .] is both a gripping heist story, and a remarkably astute history of organised crime in Orange County, from the 1960s to the present.

Guy Adams, Independent