Review: Midnight In Mexico
Alfredo Corchado is a Dallas Morning News reporter with a foot in the US and Mexico and in Midnight In Mexico, he organizes and memorializes his experiences in Mexico. Those experiences open with a narco-driven death threat, so this isn’t a rambling, cuddly memoir.
It is a memoir of deep feeling and detailed reporting. I learned a lot about Mexico’s transformation into a state under siege from drug traffickers. I learned more about the hearts of people who have to live in that transformed world.
Corchado’s research and journalism is compelling stuff. You don’t get many death threats for erroneous stories, though, of course, I can’t check it. I picked up a bunch of book learning here.
I also admire his style. Many of these stories are deeply emotional and tie to his family. He tells them as stories that one would tell a friend in a bar. He doesn’t dwell on the emotions, but they are plain nonetheless.
There’s much to like here. Recommended.