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La Doble Vida de Jesús / The Double Life of Jesus
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ISBN13: 9798890986603
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 344
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Alfaguara
Published: Feb 10 2026
Pages: 344
Language: Spanish
Un hombre contra la gran máquina de corrupción y violencia del narcotráfico.
Con un ácido enfoque de los conflictos sociales y un humor tan cruel como la realidad que describe, La doble vida de Jesús es un thriller polÃtico de vertiginosa tensión y, al mismo tiempo, una novela de amor loco donde la moral de las apariencias se derrumba frente al huracán del deseo.
Con un ácido enfoque de los conflictos sociales y un humor tan cruel como la realidad que describe, La doble vida de Jesús es un thriller polÃtico de vertiginosa tensión y, al mismo tiempo, una novela de amor loco donde la moral de las apariencias se derrumba frente al huracán del deseo.
SÃndico del ayuntamiento de Cuernavaca, Jesús Pastrana es un funcionario modelo que anhela llegar más alto en la polÃtica para realizar sus ideales de legalidad y justicia. Ha cumplido con tanto rigor la tarea de fiscalizar ingresos y gastos en el gobierno municipal, que sus enemigos lo apodan el sacristán. Pese a la podredumbre del aparato burocrático, se ha mantenido al margen de las camarillas que sirven al poder para fines personales, y cree que esas virtudes pueden catapultarlo a la alcaldÃa. Pero el panorama no es nada alentador: su ciudad se ha vuelto un polvorÃn por la infiltración del narco en todos los niveles de gobierno, y son casi cotidianos los tiroteos, las narcomantas, los muertos colgados o decapitados, el terrorismo de los cárteles que se disputan la plaza. Cómo puede sortear ese campo minado un hombre dispuesto a defender sus convicciones hasta las últimas consecuencias? Al desatarse la lucha por el poder, Jesús queda entre la espada y la pared, acosado simultáneamente por los poderes institucionales y por el crimen organizado. Menudean las amenazas de muerte, los intentos de soborno, los escándalos mediáticos, los secuestros, las venganzas sangrientas... y aparece el amor de su vida: un amor prohibido y escandaloso, letal para la reputación de cualquier hombre público. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A man against the vast machine of corruption and violence driven by drug trafficking.
With an acidic lens on social conflicts and a humor as cruel as the reality it portrays, The Double Life of Jesus is a political thriller of dizzying tension and, at the same time, a novel of mad love in which the morality of appearances collapses before the hurricane of desire.
City trustee of Cuernavaca, Jesús Pastrana is a model public official who longs to rise higher in politics in order to put his ideals of legality and justice into practice. He has carried out his duty of auditing municipal income and expenditures so rigorously that his enemies call him the sacristan. Despite the rot in the bureaucratic apparatus, he has kept his distance from the cliques that serve power for personal gain, and he believes these virtues could catapult him to the mayor's office. But the outlook is far from encouraging: his city has become a powder keg due to the infiltration of the narco at every level of government, with shootouts, cartel banners, bodies hung or decapitated, and the terrorism of rival cartels disputing the territory becoming almost daily occurrences. How can a man determined to defend his convictions to their last consequences navigate such a minefield? As the struggle for power erupts, Jesús finds himself between a rock and a hard place, harassed simultaneously by institutional forces and organized crime. Death threats multiply, bribery attempts abound, media scandals flare, kidnappings unfold, bloody vengeance strikes... and then the love of his life appears: a forbidden, scandalous love, lethal to the reputation of any public man.
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