An Easy Thing: A H馗tor Belascoar疣 Shayne Detective Novel (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781590580066)

Set amidst the political turbulence and social unrest of contemporary Mexico City, An Easy Thing introduces English-speaking readers to Taibo's human and world-weary protagonist, independent detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne. In this debut outing, our hero, who, incidentally, possesses an insatiable appetite for Coca Cola and cigarettes, tackles three cases simultaneously: a killing in a corrupt factory; the deadly threats against a former porn starlet's teenage daughter; and, strangely, the search for Emiliano Zapata, folk hero and leader of the Mexican Revolution, rumored to be alive and hiding out in a cave outside Mexico City.
Combining black comedy, social history and a touch of surrealism, Paco Taibo's wonderfully idiosyncratic detective novels are admired the world over and are particularly popular in Europe and in the Spanish-speaking world.

Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo
ISBN-10: 1590580060
ISBN-13: 9781590580066
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Language: English
Published: 03/15/2002
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.28w x 0.55d