«ASTOUNDING…FAST-MOVING, INTRIGUING…
James Michener is back in huge, familiar form with MEXICO.
-Los Angeles Daily News

Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener has taken us from the far reaches of history to the dark corners of the world. Now he gives us a masterful new novel of a land whose past and present are as turbulent, fascinating, and colorful as any on earth.

Here is the story of an American journalist who travels to report on the upcoming duel between two great matadors, but who is ultimately swept up in the dramatic story of his Mexican ancestors-from the brutality and brilliance of the ancients, to the iron fist of the invading Spaniards, to the modern-day Mexicans battling through dust and bloodshed to build a nation upon the ashes of revolution.

Architectural splendors, frenzied bullfights, horrific human sacrifice: James Michener weaves them all into an epic human story that ranks with the best of his beloved, bestselling novels.

«AN ENTHRALLING STORY…Michener artfully combines the history of Mexico with the art of bullfighting, teaching the reader about both and telling a grand story at the same time.» St. Louis Post-Dispatch