Introduction: The Invention of a Formidable Enemy
Chapter 1: Narco Culture Depoliticized
Chapter 2: Drug Cartels Do Not Exist (but State Violence Does)
Chapter 3: Four Writers Subverting the Narco Narrative
Chapter 4: Drug Trafficking, Soldiers, and Police on the Border
Epilogue: The New "Cartel War" Is Not New, nor a War, nor between Cartels
Afterword for the English Edition
Notes
Index

Oswaldo Zavala is a professor of contemporary Latin American literature and culture with a joint appointment at the College of Staten Island and at The Graduate Center, both institutions part of the City University of New York (CUNY).

William Savinar is a writer, translator, and English teacher living in Mexico City.