Paco Ignacio Taibo II is most well known for his mystery series with Hector Balascorán Shayne. He participated in the Student Rebellion that led to the infamous Massacre of 1968 Besides his novels, he is known for non-fiction books, most importantly his books including Guevara, Also Known as Che (St. Martin's) and '68 (Seven Stories Press.)
"This glorious novel reads as if James M. Cain and Dashiell Hammett
had collaborated with Gabriel Garcia Marquez on a version of The
Three Musketeers set in 1920s, postrevolutionary Mexico City…Nearly
every page of this literate historical thriller support one of the
characters’ contention that crime writing is 'where you find the
real literature of life.' " Publisher's Weekly
"Mexico's foremost crime novelist masterfully evokes a bygone era.
His quirky characters are as endearing as they are well-drawn."
Library Journal
"Taibo is Mexico’s premier crime novelist, with history and
politics always participating in the murder and mayhem...Taibo’s
nimble and colorful prose and his picture of early
twentieth-century Mexico City is beyond compare." ForeWord
Magazine
"A high-spirited historical fantasy...Every new revelation seems to
give Taibo's madly spinning top another lash." Kirkus Reviews
"The Shadow of the Shadow is ostensibly about imperialism (foreign
oil interests might be behind all the murders) and nationalism
(with a small "n") and the struggle to establish labor unions in an
anarchic country. But Taibo never beats the reader with the
message…Taibo has it both ways: He paints modest studies of humans
as well as a mural of Mexican politics, history and the labor
movement." Columbus Dispatch
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