Booker Prize winning novelist DBC Pierre tells us how growing up in Mexico influenced his writing. We also speak to the historian Andrew Paxman about his new biography of William Jenkins, an American entrepreneur who became the richest man in Mexico.

His book "Jenkins of Mexico" is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Jenkins-Mexico-Southern-Mexican-Magnate/dp/0190455748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499629821&sr=8-1&keywords=jenkins+of+mexico

Viva Mexico Podcast

Viva México Podcast

Episode 6: The Writings on the Wall (with DBC Pierre and Andrew Paxman)

JUL 9, 201720 MIN
Viva Mexico Podcast

Episode 6: The Writings on the Wall (with DBC Pierre and Andrew Paxman)

JUL 9, 201720 MIN

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Booker Prize winning novelist DBC Pierre tells us how growing up in Mexico influenced his writing. We also speak to the historian Andrew Paxman about his new biography of William Jenkins, an American entrepreneur who became the richest man in Mexico. His book "Jenkins of Mexico" is available here: https://www.amazon.com/Jenkins-Mexico-Southern-Mexican-Magnate/dp/0190455748/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499629821&sr=8-1&keywords=jenkins+of+mexico