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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
  • Published: 24 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241822326
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

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24 Nov 2026
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Three desperate prospectors embark on a perilous quest for gold in 1920s Mexico

'Gold is a very devilish sort of a thing, believe me, boys'

Deep in the wild heart of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains lies treasure beyond reckoning, just waiting to be found by those who know where to look. Or so believe three Americans – Dobbs, Curtin and Howard – down on their luck and desperate for a way out. Teaming up on a perilous quest to hunt for gold, they soon find their fragile alliance tested, both by a band of local outlaws, and by their own greed. First published in 1927 and made into a classic film by John Huston, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a savagely ironic, anarchic cult novel about the price of ambition and the limits of endurance.
  • Published: 24 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241822326
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

B. Traven

Little is known for certain about the life of B. Traven; a prolific writer, he is best known for his beloved adventure novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and the Jungle Novels, a series set during and after the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, with proletarian, anarchist themes. During his lifetime, he was variously (and incorrectly) identified as the son of Kaiser Wilhelm I, or a North German brickmaker, but it is now believed that he was born Moritz Rathenau in Germany in 1882, the illegitimate son of Emil Rathenau, the founder of AEG and Helen Mareck, an Irish actress. He lived for some time as Ret Marut, a merchant seaman, actor, journalist and politician, and left Germany in 1923 after having been sentenced to death for his part in the Bavarian Revolution. He arrived in Mexico in 1924, where he dedicated himself to writing full time. Traven married Rosa Elena Luján in 1957 and died in Mexico City in 1969.
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