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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ANOTHER FINE NOVEL FROM ENVELOPEBOOKSGallo left Mexico when he was twenty-five and never looked back. Pushing fifty, he now returns for a reunion with his old school friends in Merida, and finds they've barely moved on from the dysfunctional no-hopers they were in the past. In the course of an alcohol-fuelled weekend marked by insults and endearments, he's forced to confront exactly what it is about each of them that has held them back. Beset by boasts, challenges and sentimental wallowing, he also has to fit in as one of the boys while retaining his self-respect.The Fine Young Men of Mexico is the literary equivalent of a buddy movie, with flash cars and drug drops, an ill-judged boat trip, the parading of juvenile excess and the badly timed arrival of a wife. Gallo also gets killed or doesn't: it's hard to tell. At the same time, the book is a disturbing but darkly humorous contemplation on the corrosive effects of crime and violence in a city once considered Mexicos last refuge from the corruption that has destroyed the rest of the country. Old school friends get together after 25 years for a weekend of excess. Dark satire on the state of modern Mexico. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condition: Nuevo. Suele ser habitual insistir en la necesidad de la ética. No suele serlo, sin embargo, encontrar propuestas de análisis ético fundamentadas con la suficiente solidez. Entender en estos tiempos lo que supone incorporar con el debido rigor la perspectiva ética a la manera en que pensamos nuestras realidades resulta de capital importancia si lo que queremos es articular pensamiento y praxis para la realización personal y la búsqueda de la justicia. Esa es la premisa fundamental que late tras este libro, que despliega un recorrido que, partiendo de una pregunta inicial (¿por qué la ética?), ofrece un cuidado análisis sobre cómo se define el pensamiento ético en conexión con la acción humana, y la manera en que dicho pensamiento se enraíza en la realidad. Analizar el equilibrio y las necesarias subordinaciones entre marcos normativos universalizables de justicia y aspiraciones individuales de buen vivir, definir los retos del pensamiento ético en nuestras sociedades hoy o plantear la posibilidad de enseñar y aprender ética, son algunos de los ejes fundamentales de un trabajo que recoge un recorrido de más de veinte años del equipo de investigadores del Centro de Ética Aplicada de la Universidad de Deusto.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. ANOTHER FINE NOVEL FROM ENVELOPEBOOKSGallo left Mexico when he was twenty-five and never looked back. Pushing fifty, he now returns for a reunion with his old school friends in Merida, and finds they've barely moved on from the dysfunctional no-hopers they were in the past. In the course of an alcohol-fuelled weekend marked by insults and endearments, he's forced to confront exactly what it is about each of them that has held them back. Beset by boasts, challenges and sentimental wallowing, he also has to fit in as one of the boys while retaining his self-respect.The Fine Young Men of Mexico is the literary equivalent of a buddy movie, with flash cars and drug drops, an ill-judged boat trip, the parading of juvenile excess and the badly timed arrival of a wife. Gallo also gets killed or doesn't: it's hard to tell. At the same time, the book is a disturbing but darkly humorous contemplation on the corrosive effects of crime and violence in a city once considered Mexicos last refuge from the corruption that has destroyed the rest of the country. Old school friends get together after 25 years for a weekend of excess. Dark satire on the state of modern Mexico. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…