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Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, a very spiritual book/also father son - stunningly beautifully written, one of those to enjoy a few pages at a time.

Just started Alexandria, the Quest for the Lost City by Edmund Richardson - a biography of a certain Charles Masson, a 19th century explorar, archaeologist & spy, quite brilliant oddball read set in India & Afghanistan

Just finishing "El Rey del Cash" which is the current best seller here in Mexico. It's an insiders account of how the (completely honest/not corrupt - sic) current Mexican President funded his rise to power, by especially forcing gvt workers to surrender for years their wages (otherwise forget...

Biography of Trotsky by Robert Service - interestingly Trotsky was a jewish Ukranian, which I was unaware of, always been more focused on his sticky end here in Mexico.

Just finished Let me be Frank with you, by Richard Ford - hard to find any better or funnier commentater of US society, at least the well off East Coast mob and somewhat older age group.....at least in this one, now moving on to a darker read re the dissappearance/massacre of the 43 students...

A current heavyweight soon to be followed by lighter fare Currently tackling Enrique Krause's "Yo So el Pueblo" . He's a leading Mexican historian and intellectual and the book looks at why Latin America has a love for a leader who says he not only represents but is the People (e.g. Chavez...

Narconomics by Tom Wainwright - a bit light but interesting/different take on drug cartels using basic economics - also being enjoying Mick Herons Slow Horses stories