La Cabeza de la Hidra

México: J. Mortiz, 1978. Primera ed. Paperback. Very gentle rubbing to spine head and foot, very mild frraying and bumping to corners, faint soiling to covers and fore-edges, half inch clipped tear to rear mylar, almost one inch coffee stain to rear cover, about very good.. Small white octavo, color illus to front cover, b&w portrait to rear cover, 283 pages, 20 cm. In Spanish. Book protected in archival mylar sleeve. Series: Nueva narrativa hispánica. It is the story of the Mexican government's attempt to maintain control of a recently discovered national oil field. The secret agents of the Arab lands, Israel, and the United States attempt to wrest control of the source for their own ends. In a thick plot with dirty tricks, violence, sex, amazing coincidences, and betrayals, a film that the novel's hero, Félix Maldonado, loves, faces off against the villains. Oil fields -- Mexico -- Fiction.