![]() The Kings of Cool also chronicles how Elena Sanchez changed from devoted mother and wife to a ruthless leader of a drug cartel, recruiting former cop Lado as her henchman. In Don Winslows New York Times bestseller Savages two young marijuana dealers refuse to back down after they are blackmailed by a Mexican cartel. Winslow also shows the personal history of Ophelia’s much-married mother and Ophelia’s obsessive search for her father. Our minds, our blood.”įamily history plays an important part in The Kings of Cool from Chon’s fractious relationship with his father, John McAlister, a roofer turned drug kingpin, to Ben’s parents, Stan and Diane Leonard, former bookstore owners turned psychotherapists. Additionally, a TV adaptation of his Cartel trilogy, which includes the books The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border, is in development with FX Networks. His novel Savages was made into a film directed by Oliver Stone in 2012. ![]() “The past isn’t the past,” Winslow writes. Yes, some of Don Winslows books have been adapted into films or are in development. ![]() ![]() The Kings of Cool also highlights the Association’s activities through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. The Kings of Cool smoothly moves from 2005, when Ben, Chon and O, as she prefers to be called, were just settling in, then back to 1967, their parents’ time, when several independent, nonviolent drug dealers were setting up a business called the Association. ![]()
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