An author from Guadalajara has found a novel way of viewing Mexico’s endemic drug violence: through the eyes of a child.

With their days seemingly numbered by the advent of digital media, any major milestones reached by print publications seem increasingly worthy of celebration.

Seven-year-old Peggy Brown set foot in Veracruz on the eve of World War II to be greeted by a sudden swarm of flies in her face and a rather unpleasant smell. Her first thought was to get straight back on the boat to England.

The discovery that led to the book began in 2003 in a family closet.