![]() ![]() Through the grief and rage of those seeking the truth about their murdered children or partners, he con-fronts his own sorrow at the death of his wife and the wounding of her city. He excoriates an administration where political damage control takes precedence over justice, the drug cartels pervert and butcher as they wish, and where the only hope seems to lie in women and the young. He visits the homes of bereft, bewildered families, where photos of more vanished or murdered relatives appear as months pass. Goldman accompanies an intrepid journalist friend investigating the disappearances. Corruption and savagery have reached the Distrito Federal. The police investigation is incompetent, uninterested. In mid-2013, a dozen apparently innocent young people are abducted ("levitated") from an inner city nightclub ironically called Heavens. The Interior Circuit is Goldmans story of his emergence from grief five years after his wifes death, symbolized by his attempt to overcome his fear of. 12.50, very good condition, Sold by The Book Den rated 5.0 out of 5 stars. Add to Cart Add this copy of The Interior Circuit: a Mexico City Chronicle (Mexico to cart. Eligible for Free Shipping Expedited Shipping Available Item Condition. ![]() Then, halfway through, the book darkens with shocking abruptness. The Interior Circuit by Francisco Goldman Write The First Customer Review. He threads its nearly-100,000 streets, eats at its restaurants specialising in protein-rich beetles and worms. In an account that's travelogue, memoir and social commentary, he evokes its police on rollerblades, fire-eaters at traffic lights, elderly men who never leave home without collar and tie. ![]() It's a delight and a solace to Goldman, in spite of its overflowing sewers, imminent earthquakes and summer thunderstorms "like cosmic sledgehammers". ![]()
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