{"id":20321,"date":"2023-09-13T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.scenicrights.com\/projects\/i-am-the-spider-yo-soy-el-arana\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T07:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T07:37:37","slug":"i-am-the-spider-yo-soy-el-arana","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/www.scenicrights.com\/en\/projects\/i-am-the-spider-yo-soy-el-arana\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am the Spider (Yo soy el ara\u00f1a)"},"template":"","art_tag":[796,1034,1346,1350,1132,994,1006,1076,1150,1214],"genero":[45],"licencia":[],"localizacion":[],"produccion":[],"subgenero":[662,1409,676],"tipo":[5],"class_list":["post-20321","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","art_tag-corruption","art_tag-drug-trafficking","art_tag-identity","art_tag-justice","art_tag-kidnapping","art_tag-mafia-en","art_tag-marriage","art_tag-policy","art_tag-supernatural","art_tag-violence","genero-comedy","subgenero-crime","subgenero-superheros","subgenero-thriller-en","tipo-proyecto"],"acf":{"generos_tax":[45],"subgeneros_tax":[662,676,1409],"tipo_tax":[5],"tags_tax":[796,994,1006,1076,1132,1214,1350,1034,1346,1150],"produccion_tax":false,"licencia_tax":false,"localizacion_tax":false,"articulo__titulo_extendido":"","articulo__extracto":"","articulo__contenido":"<em><strong class=\"___11wyd0v f1j4dglz\" data-lexical-text=\"true\">Convinced that he possesses Spider-Man\u2019s powers, Pedro P\u00e9rez, an honest and impoverished police officer, declares war on the corruption suffocating his city. But he soon discovers that taking on gangsters, politicians, and real-life criminals is far more complicated than defeating supervillains. With sharp humor and biting social commentary,\u00a0I Am the Spider\u00a0was awarded Mexico\u2019s National Crime Novel Prize.<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThat morning, Pedro P\u00e9rez, a good-natured, scrawny, low-ranking police officer, was convinced that the worst thing that could happen to him was another argument with his wife, Mar\u00eda Juana, over his obsession with comic books. Honest to a fault and completely lacking political or financial ambition, his superiors constantly assign him to administrative duties.\r\n\r\nBut his life takes an unexpected turn when he suffers an accident and hits his head. From that moment on, his perception of reality begins to unravel, and Pedro becomes convinced that he has superpowers. Believing himself to be none other than Spider-Man, he decides to become a superhero and save his city from the corruption and crime consuming it.\r\n\r\nWhat could possibly go wrong when a man loses his grip on reality and decides to confront a rotten society dressed in a red-and-blue spandex suit? Most likely, everything.\r\n\r\nBehind those in power lies a complex criminal network made up of members of the military, the state police, and congress. Among its key figures are \u201cThe King,\u201d a congressman connected to the mafia; \u201cThe Rhino,\u201d a state police officer and Pedro\u2019s childhood friend; \u201cVenom,\u201d his main ally; \u201cJameson,\u201d a military officer who has threatened Pedro and his wife; and other characters known as \u201cThe Goblin,\u201d \u201cThe Lizard,\u201d and \u201cThe Vulture.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhen the organization discovers that Pedro has accidentally stumbled upon a shipment of cocaine and marijuana, which he initially mistook for his beloved Mar\u00eda Juana and hid in a warehouse, they decide to kidnap his wife and demand the drugs as ransom.\r\n\r\nMeanwhile, the governor maintains deals with the mafia to finance his political campaign. In return, \u201cThe King\u201d is allowed to continue trafficking and murdering with complete impunity. In a world where corruption permeates every layer of power, Pedro realizes that, no matter how much he believes himself to be a superhero, he cannot defeat those responsible or fully dismantle the criminal machinery that governs his country. Yet amid the chaos, he does manage to discover the identities hidden behind the masks of the true villains.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">RELEVANT INFORMATION: <\/strong><em class=\"___11wyd0v f1j4dglz\" data-lexical-text=\"true\">I Am the Spider<\/em>\u00a0received the\u00a0<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">National Crime Novel Prize of Mexico<\/strong>, an accolade that established Carlos Padilla as one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American crime fiction.\r\n\r\nA multiple recipient of the\u00a0<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">Sonoran Book Award<\/strong>\u00a0in the categories of novel, chronicle, and essay, Padilla is also the founder of\u00a0<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">SoNoir<\/strong>, a cultural movement dedicated to promoting and advancing crime and noir literature in Mexico.\r\n\r\n<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">WHAT THE CRITICS SAY:<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"With Juan Gabriel as the \u2018background soundtrack\u2019 and several popular songs woven throughout the narrative, the author brings his storytelling voice from imagination to the page. Energized by his journalistic training, he succeeds in capturing the reader\u2019s attention, \u2018pulling them into the ring and making them feel the blows,\u2019 in this case, blows delivered through humor.\"\u00a0<em class=\"___11wyd0v f1j4dglz\" data-lexical-text=\"true\">Wradio.com<\/em>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL:<\/strong>\u00a0TV Series, Limited Series, Feature Film, TV Movie.\r\n\r\n<strong data-lexical-text=\"true\">AVAILABLE LANGUAGES:<\/strong>\u00a0Spanish.","articulo__autor":[3441],"_thumbnail_id":31921,"articulo__featured_gallery":"","articulo__galeria_archivos":"","articulo__fecha_de_publicacion":"","articulo__idiomas":"","articulo__dossier":"","idarticle":1459},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Am the Spider (Yo soy el ara\u00f1a) - Scenic\u00a0Rights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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