The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

 

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven

I am a man who loves mysteries. Whether these are true crime mysteries, urban legends or unexplained events. I love them all. One type of mystery that I particulary like is when there is an indiviudal whose work people know but they do not know the person behind it. A serial killer who has still yet to be identified interests me more than one who was captured. An unknown assassin is much more interesting than a known one. An unknown author is much more interesting than a well known and loved author. 

B. Traven is one of these. Unkown. There are speculations and good guesses as to who the man behind the psydonym B. Traven is, but nothing definative. 

And that is what makes his work even more interesting. 

Is he Ret Marut? I don't know. I know I loved his book thought. 

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre was a well written book about man's greed and ability or inability to control it. 

We see it uncontrolled by the oil company owners who paid slave wages for backbreaking work. We see it controlled by Curtin (my favorite characted). We see it uncontrolled by Dobbs. 

This book captures the greed, and paranoia that is brung on man in his search for riches. 

Looking forward to reading more of his works and sorry for not updating in the last 6 months. No excuse. I am doing well.