Nostromo: Penguin English Library

Nostromo is a sweeping epic of empire, money and political corruption, and a masterpiece of tension.

The silver mine in the South American republic of Costaguana provides opportunities for untold wealth. Yet as instability and brutal civil war threaten the region, everyone associated with the mine - from the compromised English owner to the famously incorruptible worker Nostromo, ordered to risk his life to hide the silver offshore - becomes tainted by the lure of power.