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2385286The Counsellorhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-counselor-9781447227670/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3489314/cb93bcc4-f050-45f2-b861-670f2569fafc.jpg?v=638385446460830000240282MXNPan MacmillanInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Brought to the screen by Ridley Scott (<em>Alien</em>, <em>Blade Runner</em>) and starring Michael Fassbender, <em>The Counselor</em> is an original screenplay from the legendary author of <em>No Country for Old Men</em> and <em>The Road</em>, Cormac McCarthy.</strong></p><p><strong>McCarthy has delivered a brutal study in grief <em>Empire</em>, on the film</strong></p><p>A man, unnamed, wants to be rich. So entranced is he by this need, and the desire to impress his fiancée, that he works his contacts to become involved in a high-risk game: drug-smuggling across the US-Mexico border.</p><p>His contacts in the cocaine trade are mysterious, corrupt and seductive. They speak of a device called the bolito which, around the neck of its victim, constricts and decapitates. They warn of the Mexican cartels, whose brutality is without mercy.</p><p>And so it is, as the action crosses into Mexico, the Counselors life becomes darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than he had imagined possible. Deft and shocking, The Counselor is a tale of the treacherous balance between risk and consequence.</p><p><strong>[A] great, misunderstood film <em>Esquire</em>, on the film</strong></p><p>Praise for Cormac McCarthy:</p><p>McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute Anne Enright, author of <em>The Green Road</em> and <em>The Wren, The Wren</em></p><p>His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power Stephen King, author of <em>The Shining</em> and the Dark Tower series</p><p>[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence Annie Proulx, author of <em>Brokeback Mountain</em></p>...2321107The Counsellor240282https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-counselor-9781447227670/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3489314/cb93bcc4-f050-45f2-b861-670f2569fafc.jpg?v=638385446460830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781447227670_W3siaWQiOiI1YmI0MjYyYy1iMzVlLTQ3YTItOTgwZi01YjFjZGY0YmMwMTUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI4MiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDUtMTZUMDQ6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiIzODgxNzQ5Zi05MDIwLTRkZGMtODQ1Yy0xNjVhMzdmMDU4ZmIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI4MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjQzLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781447227670_<p>An original screenplay by the author of <em>No Country For Old Men, The Counselor</em> is a major motion picture directed by Ridley Scott and starring Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem and Brad Pitt.</p><p>Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthys original screenplay is the story of a lawyer who is so seduced by the desire to get rich, to impress his fiancée, that he becomes involved in a risky drug-smuggling venture. His contacts in this high-stakes cocaine trade 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 he could ever have imagined.</p><p>Deft, shocking and unforgettable, this gripping tale about risk, consequence and the treacherous balance between the two reveals Cormac McCarthy at his finest.</p>...(*_*)9781447227670_<p><strong>Brought to the screen by Ridley Scott (<em>Alien</em>, <em>Blade Runner</em>) and starring Michael Fassbender, <em>The Counselor</em> is an original screenplay from the legendary author of <em>No Country for Old Men</em> and <em>The Road</em>, Cormac McCarthy.</strong></p><p><strong>McCarthy has delivered a brutal study in grief <em>Empire</em>, on the film</strong></p><p>A man, unnamed, wants to be rich. So entranced is he by this need, and the desire to impress his fiancée, that he works his contacts to become involved in a high-risk game: drug-smuggling across the US-Mexico border.</p><p>His contacts in the cocaine trade are mysterious, corrupt and seductive. They speak of a device called the bolito which, around the neck of its victim, constricts and decapitates. They warn of the Mexican cartels, whose brutality is without mercy.</p><p>And so it is, as the action crosses into Mexico, the Counselors life becomes darker, more violent and more sexually disturbing than he had imagined possible. Deft and shocking, The Counselor is a tale of the treacherous balance between risk and consequence.</p><p><strong>[A] great, misunderstood film <em>Esquire</em>, on the film</strong></p><p>Praise for Cormac McCarthy:</p><p>McCarthy worked close to some religious impulse, his books were terrifying and absolute Anne Enright, author of <em>The Green Road</em> and <em>The Wren, The Wren</em></p><p>His prose takes on an almost biblical quality, hallucinatory in its effect and evangelical in its power Stephen King, author of <em>The Shining</em> and the Dark Tower series</p><p>[I]n presenting the darker human impulses in his rich prose, [McCarthy] showed readers the necessity of facing up to existence Annie Proulx, author of <em>Brokeback Mountain</em></p>...9781447227670_Pan Macmillanlibro_electonico_5d11fd30-bc85-3913-a8fc-3518d2958753_9781447227670;9781447227670_9781447227670Cormac McCarthyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillanuk-epub-0089d9ac-bf49-4841-9d37-67a122efe3aa.epub2013-09-12T00:00:00+00:00Pan Macmillan