Wordsworth in Bogotá

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> ... a novel which defies pat categorization at once operating as a story of literary and familial discovery an account of illicit deals gone awry and a probe of innocence and treachery ... [readers] seeking stories of suspense intrigue shifting relationships and discovery will find Wordsworth in Bogotá ... hard to put down. -D. Donovan Senior Reviewer <em>Midwest Book Review</em></strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Father-son relationships are rarely easy and certainly not when the son's first love is Shakespeare and the father is the kingpin of a drug empire. Esteban Velasquez however manages to forge a frosty détente with his father-he studies literature abroad while his father grooms his older brother as the heir.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Now though the empire faces imminent collapse and the old go-tos of bribery and making key competitors disappear are no longer working. It falls to Esteban to use his literary talents to save the family's fortune. Devising an ingenious plan he wagers the last of his family's fortune to stage an international poetry conference-Wordsworth in Bogotá-in an effort to outwit the DEA. But in doing so he must make choices that will forever change the lives of friends and family.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>An international crime mystery told with humor and compassion </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Wordsworth in Bogotá</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> introduces a memorable cast of characters from DEA agents discovering their inner poets to restless professors yearning to be individuals of action not letters. Far more than a tale of drug smuggling this is a story celebrating those who stumble their way to an understanding of what really matters.</span></p>