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围蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼

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螣 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危蠈蠀谓, 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈蟼 谓蟿蔚谓蟿苇魏蟿喂尾, 伪谓伪蟻蠂喂魏蠈蟼 魏伪喂 渭慰谓蠈蠁胃伪位渭慰蟼, 蟺伪喂未委 蟿蠅谓 蔚尉蔚纬苇蟻蟽蔚蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 1968 蟽蟿慰 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈, 魏伪蟺谓委味蔚喂 渭伪 未蔚谓 蟺委谓蔚喂. 螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉渭蔚 谓伪 蟺慰蠉渭蔚 蠈蟿喂 伪谓伪味畏蟿维 蟿慰 苇纬魏位畏渭伪, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 苇纬魏位畏渭伪 蔚魏蔚委谓慰 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 渭慰蟻蠁萎 蔚谓蠈蟼 谓蔚魏蟻慰蠉 巍蠅渭伪委慰蠀 位蔚纬蔚蠅谓维蟻喂慰蠀 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽纬蔚喂蠋胃畏魏蔚 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟿慰蠀伪位苇蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 纬蟻伪蠁蔚委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀. 螣 螆魏蟿慰蟻 位慰喂蟺蠈谓 尉蔚魏喂谓维 渭委伪 伪位位蠈魏慰蟿畏 苇蟻蔚蠀谓伪 蠈蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟽蠀谓伪谓蟿萎蟽蔚喂 苇谓伪谓 喂蟽慰蟻蟻慰蟺喂蟽蟿萎 (谓蔚魏蟻蠈谓 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈谓), 苇谓伪谓 位慰蠂伪纬蠈 (蟺慰蠀 蟺蔚胃伪委谓蔚喂), 未慰位慰蠁蠈谓慰蠀蟼 (蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟺蔚胃维谓慰蠀谓 蟽蠉谓蟿慰渭伪) 魏伪喂 鈥ξ嘉� 魏慰蟺苇位伪 蟺慰蠀 伪位位畏胃蠅蟻委味蔚喂 位委纬慰 伪位位维 苇蠂蔚喂 蠅蟻伪委伪 蟺蠈未喂伪. 螌位伪 伪蠀蟿维 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 蟺伪蟻维 谓伪 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓 维蟽蠂畏渭伪.
螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟿苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻蠋喂渭畏蟼 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎蟼 蟿蔚蟿蟻伪位慰纬委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏伪谓慰蠉 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 螤螒螝螣 螜螕螡螒危螜螣 韦螒螜螠螤螣 螜螜 渭蔚 萎蟻蠅维 蟿慰谓 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危蠈蠀谓, 蠈蟺慰蠀 蔚渭蠁伪谓委味慰谓蟿伪喂 蠈位伪 蟿伪 渭慰蟿委尾伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 苇魏伪谓伪谓 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈 : 蟿慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 魏伪喂 畏 维谓伪蟻蠂畏 未蟻维蟽畏 蟽蔚 维渭蔚蟽畏 蟽蠉谓未蔚蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏萎 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉.

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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Paco Ignacio Taibo II

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Paco Ignacio Taibo II, birth name Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo, is a popular Mexican writer and novelist. He is the son of the late journalist .

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December 28, 2021
Taibo really wasn't joking with that book title, my goodness. I always think I'm going to fly through these little 170-ish page novels and they're so dense and darkly funny and philosophical I end up taking a week so I can go slowly and savor.
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韦喂 谓伪 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰蟺蔚委 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螤维魏慰, 蟿慰谓 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危维蠀谓 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 螤蠈位畏 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉; 螤伪蟻蠈蟿喂 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蟿苇蟿伪蟻蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 韦维喂渭蟺慰 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 萎蟻蠅伪, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟺慰蠀 蔚尉苇未蠅蟽蔚 畏 螁纬蟻伪 蟽蟿伪 蔚位位畏谓喂魏维, 伪位位维 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 未蔚谓 蠂蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟺伪蟻维 渭蔚蟻喂魏苇蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 纬喂伪 谓伪 尉蔚蟺蔚蟻维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 蟽慰魏 蔚谓蠈蟼 谓蔚魏蟻慰蠉 巍蠅渭伪委慰蠀 蟽蟿慰 渭蟺维谓喂慰 蟿慰蠀 渭慰谓蠈蠁胃伪位渭慰蠀 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 魏伪喂 谓伪 谓喂蠋蟽蔚喂 蠈蟿喂 蟿慰谓 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 魏伪位维 萎 -苇蟽蟿蠅- 蠈蟿喂 胃伪 萎胃蔚位蔚 谓伪 蟿慰谓 纬谓蠅蟻委蟽蔚喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪, 蟺委谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀 魏维蟺慰喂慰 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓伪蠄蠀魏蟿喂魏维 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 渭蟺伪蟻 蟿畏蟼 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 蟺蠈位畏蟼.

螣 螤螜韦 螜螜 蠁位蔚蟻蟿维蟻蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻维位慰纬慰, 尾慰蠀蟿维蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 魏蠅渭喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟿慰 谓慰蠀维蟻, 魏喂谓蔚委蟿伪喂 渭蔚 未喂伪尾慰位蔚渭苇谓畏 维谓蔚蟽畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 苇谓伪 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓喂魏蠈 蟽蟿喂位 蟽蟿慰 维位位慰 (蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 苇谓伪 纬蟻伪渭渭伪蟿喂魏蠈/伪蠁畏纬畏渭伪蟿喂魏蠈 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰 蟽蟿慰 维位位慰) 魏伪喂 渭伪蟼 未委谓蔚喂 苇谓伪 魏伪蟿伪喂纬喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 谓慰蠀维蟻 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼. 螕喂伪蟿委 苇蟿蟽喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈.

螒蟺蠈 蟿伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪尾蟻慰蠂胃委味蔚喂蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪蠀蟿蠈蠂蟻慰谓伪 未蔚谓 胃蔚蟼 谓伪 蟿蔚位蔚喂蠋蟽慰蠀谓.
December 31, 2018
螆谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏伪谓慰蠉 Paco Ignacio Taibo II.
螣 渭蔚纬维位慰蟼 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 蟿慰蠀, 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危维蠀谓, 伪蠀蟿萎 蟿畏谓 蠁慰蟻维 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 蟽蟿喂蟼 蟿慰蠀伪位苇蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 纬蟻伪蠁蔚委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 苇谓伪 蟺蟿蠋渭伪 渭蔚 蟽蟿慰位萎 巍蠅渭伪委慰蠀 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠋蟿畏, 蔚谓蠋 苇蟺蔚喂蟿伪 位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 苇谓伪 蔚喂蟽喂蟿萎蟻喂慰 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 螡苇伪 违蠈蟻魏畏 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蠁蠅蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 伪魏蠈渭畏 蟺蟿蠋渭伪蟿慰蟼, 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蔚喂未慰蟺慰委畏蟽畏 "渭畏谓 伪谓伪魏伪蟿蔚蠀蟿蔚委蟼". 螣 螆魏蟿慰蟻, 蠈渭蠅蟼, 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 渭畏谓 伪谓伪魏伪蟿蔚蠀蟿蔚委, 蟿慰 魏伪魏蠈 蟽蠀谓萎胃蔚喂慰 蟿畏蟼 渭蔚尉喂魏维谓喂魏畏蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蟻纬喂伪蟼 未蔚谓 蟿慰谓 伪蠁萎谓蔚喂. 螝伪喂 蔚魏蔚委 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 魏喂 维位位慰蠀蟼 谓蔚魏蟻慰蠉蟼, 蟽蟺苇蟻谓蔚喂 伪魏蠈渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 魏伪喂, 伪魏蠈渭畏, 蟺慰位蠉 蠁慰尾维蟿伪喂 渭畏谓 魏伪蟿伪位萎尉蔚喂 魏喂 伪蠀蟿蠈蟼 谓蔚魏蟻蠈蟼.
危伪谓 蟺位慰魏萎 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪蟿伪喂纬喂蟽蟿喂魏萎, 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 未蟻维蟽畏 蟽蠀谓蔚蠂蠋蟼 谓伪 魏位喂渭伪魏蠋谓蔚蟿伪喂. 螌渭蠅蟼 蟿慰 胃伪谓伪蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺喂蟽蟿慰位委未喂 未蔚谓 伪蠁萎谓慰蠀谓 伪谓苇蟺伪蠁慰 蟿畏谓 魏伪位蠈 渭伪蟼 螆魏蟿慰蟻. 螢苇蟻蔚喂 蟺蠅蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪位蠈 谓伪 蟽蟺苇蟻谓蔚喂蟼 蟺蟿蠋渭伪蟿伪, 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟺慰蠀 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪位蠈蟼 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈. 螤慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 蠀蟺蔚蟻萎蟻蠅伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 尾纬蔚喂 伪位蠋尾畏蟿慰蟼, 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位位维 谓伪 蠂维蟽蔚喂, 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 维位位慰蠀蟼 苇谓慰喂魏慰蠀蟼 蟿慰蠀 纬蟻伪蠁蔚委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 慰喂魏慰纬苇谓蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蟿畏谓 魏慰蟺苇位伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪位慰纬慰慰蠀蟻维, 蟿畏谓 蔚蟻蠅渭苇谓畏 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 胃苇位蔚喂 未蔚蟽渭蔚蠉蟽蔚喂蟼 伪位位维 蔚委谓伪喂 (蟽蠂蔚未蠈谓) 蟺维谓蟿伪 蔚魏蔚委 蟺慰蠀 蟿畏谓 蠂蟻蔚喂维味蔚蟿伪喂. 韦慰 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蟺蟻慰蟿苇蟻畏渭伪 蟿慰蠀 萎蟻蠅伪, 尾苇尾伪喂伪, 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 蟺伪蠉蔚喂 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻慰蟽喂蟿蠈蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀渭蟺伪胃萎蟼, 蟺蟻维纬渭伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蠈谓慰 蟺喂慰 伪纬伪蟺畏蟿蠈 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蟿慰谓 魏维谓蔚喂 蟽蔚 蠈位慰蠀蟼.
韦慰 委未喂慰 喂蟽蠂蠉蔚喂 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪, 蠈渭蠅蟼. 螕蔚渭委味慰谓蟿伪蟼 魏维胃蔚 蟽蔚位委未伪 渭蔚 蟿蟻慰渭蔚蟻苇蟼 位蔚蟺蟿慰渭苇蟻蔚喂蔚蟼, 慰 Taibo 蟽蠀谓胃苇蟿蔚喂 蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰 蟿蠅谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂蠋谓 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 魏伪位蠈 魏伪喂 魏位喂渭伪魏蠅蟿蠈 纬蟻维蠄喂渭慰, 纬蔚渭维蟿慰 渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 喂未苇蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 尾维蟻慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈. 螝伪喂 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 尾维味蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 谓伪 蠁位蠀伪蟻慰蠉谓, 伪位位维 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蠈谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟻蠈位慰蠀蟼 蟽伪谓 喂未蔚慰位慰纬喂魏苇蟼 伪谓伪魏伪蟿蔚蠀胃蠉谓蟽蔚喂蟼. 螌渭蠅蟼 蟺慰蟿苇 未蔚谓 蟺伪蟻伪蟽慰尾伪蟻蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂, 伪蠁萎谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蟺伪蟻蠈谓, 蠈蟽慰 渭伪魏维尾蟻喂慰 魏伪喂 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂.
螖蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蠀蟺蔚蟻尾慰位萎 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺蠅蟼 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 苇谓伪谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽畏渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈蟿蔚蟻慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪纬魏蠈蟽渭喂伪蟼 谓慰蠀维蟻 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼. 螠蔚 蔚渭蟺谓蔚蠉蟽蔚喂蟼 伪蟺蠈 Manchette, 慰 Taibo 蟽蟿萎谓蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟺位慰魏萎 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 未喂维蠂蠀蟿慰 蟿慰 尾维蟻慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 胃伪谓维蟿慰蠀. 螌渭蠅蟼 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 慰 蠁伪蟿伪位喂蟽渭蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪胃蠈位慰蠀 蟽伪谓 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰蠀 Manchette: 蔚委谓伪喂 纬蔚渭维蟿慰蟼 蔚位蟺委未伪. 螝伪喂 伪蟼 渭伪蟼 蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蔚尉慰蠁位蔚委 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟻蠂萎:
螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪位蠈 蟿苇位慰蟼.
违.螕.: 螕喂伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蔚渭蟺蔚喂蟻委伪, 伪魏慰蠉蟽蟿蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 魏慰渭渭维蟿喂 蠈蟽慰 未喂伪尾维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰 蟿蔚位蔚蠀蟿伪委慰 魏蔚蠁维位伪喂慰. 螛伪 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟺喂慰 未蠀谓伪蟿蠈.
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172 reviews18 followers
September 18, 2024
D眉nya edebiyat谋ndan daha 枚nce okumad谋臒谋m veya ad谋n谋 hi莽 duymad谋臒谋m yazarlar谋n kitaplar谋n谋 tercih ediyorum s谋k莽a. Bu kitab谋 da b枚yle bir tercihle 8 y谋l 枚nce okumu艧 ve not d眉艧m眉艧眉m.Ak谋艧ta, Ramazan Atlen'in bu kitab谋 okudu臒unu g枚r眉nce sevinerek yazar ve kitapla ilgili d眉艧眉ncelerimi payla艧mak istedim.

Taibo, 陌spanya'da do臒mu艧 ama 莽ocuklu臒unu Meksika'da ge莽irmi艧. Sonra da Meksika vatanda艧谋 olmu艧. Asl谋nda sayg谋n bir tarih莽i, 眉niversitede hocal谋k yapm谋艧. Tarih kitaplar谋n谋n yan谋nda say谋s谋z k谋sa hikaye ve roman yazm谋艧. Uluslararas谋 Su莽 Yazarlar谋 Derne臒i' nin kurucular谋 aras谋nda.

Kitab谋n arka plan谋nda, Meksika'y谋 bir zamanlar cehenneme 莽eviren Halcones ( 艦ahinler ) adl谋 karanl谋k bir olu艧umun neden oldu臒u katliamlar var. ABD' nin dev艧irip e臒itti臒i bu caniler, 眉niversite 枚臒rencilerinin bir g枚sterisinde kalabal谋k i莽ine dal谋p ate艧 ediyorlar ve 40 'dan fazla ki艧iyi katlediyorlar( 10 Haziran 1971 ) Film ve foto臒raflardan tespit edildikleri halde dava dosyas谋 delil yetersizli臒inden kapan谋yor ve serbest kal谋yorlar. Siyasilerin himaye ettikleri bu g眉ruhtan baz谋lar谋 Metro polisli臒ine atan谋yor; baz谋lar谋 ise belediyelere veya kamu kurumlar谋na sokuluyor. Tan谋d谋k geldi de臒il mi?

Roman, iyi e臒itim alm谋艧 ve son 眉莽 y谋ld谋r dedektiflik yapan Hector Belascoaran' 谋n 眉莽 arkada艧谋yla payla艧t谋臒谋 b眉rosunda buldu臒u bir cesedin soru艧turmas谋 ile ba艧l谋yor ve Halcones ile tek ba艧谋na m眉cadele etmek zorunda kal谋yor. Geriye d枚n眉艧lerle iyi bir kurgunun i莽ine yedirilmi艧 ger莽ek olaylar, Meksika tarihine g枚ndermeler, okuyucuda 枚臒renme hevesini k枚r眉kl眉yor ve ara艧t谋rmaya sevk ediyor.

Kara mizahla gerilimi 眉st seviyede tutmak ancak usta yazarlar谋n i艧idir. 艦ahsen Taibo' nun dilimize 莽evrilmi艧 di臒er kitaplar谋n谋 da okumak isterim.
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46 reviews70 followers
May 14, 2016
违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 蟽慰尾伪蟻蠈 蔚谓未蔚蠂蠈渭蔚谓慰 慰 Paco Ignacio Taibo II 谓伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 alter ego 蟿慰蠀 Jean-Patrick Manchette.
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249 reviews17 followers
October 13, 2019
螌蟺蠅蟼 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 慰 Taibo 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂蔚委 蟿畏谓 蟺位慰魏萎 蟽伪谓 伪蠁慰蟻渭萎 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟺位苇尉蔚喂 蟿慰 渭伪纬喂魏蠈 蟺慰蟻蟿蟻苇蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚纬维位慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻蠅蟿伪, 蟿畏蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉!
螘未蠋 畏 蟺位慰魏萎 渭慰喂维味蔚喂 蟺喂慰 蟺慰位蠉 蟽蔚 蟽魏伪蟻委蠁畏渭伪 蟺维谓蠅 蟽蔚 魏慰蠀蟿委 伪蟺蠈 蟿蟽喂纬维蟻伪. 螤伪蟻伪未蠈尉蠅蟼 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 位蔚喂蟿慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 - 蟺位慰蠉蟽喂伪 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪 蟽蔚 魏维胃蔚 蟽蔚位委未伪, 伪蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏慰委 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼. 螒蟺位维 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟽蟿喂纬渭萎 渭蔚 魏慰蠉蟻伪蟽蔚 蟿慰 蟺慰位蠉 蟺喂蟽蟿慰位委未喂.
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48 reviews5 followers
May 17, 2021
Belascor谩n se haya metido en un l铆o sin tener vela en el entierro, en el cual como el titulo lo anuncia: no habr谩 final feliz.
Llena de humor mexicano y acci贸n.
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235 reviews50 followers
November 7, 2017
This is the best of the Hector Belascoaran Shayne series I've read yet; they just keep getting better. In this case, our one-eyed anarchist PI runs afoul of a brutal secret government paramilitary organization responsible for many deaths during a demonstration of university students in l970 and and whose members are now dispersed among bodyguards, subway cops, the army, and everywhere else where using guns is part of the job description. This entry is even more graphically violent than the previous ones, while still displaying that dark humor you've come to expect of Taibo. The title is no joke so be forewarned; no happy ending to be found here.
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Author听2 books243 followers
May 21, 2020
Very cool, smart, funny, political detective novel. Mexico city. Taibo is a brilliant writer.
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692 reviews38 followers
November 26, 2022
O 韦伪蠆渭蟺慰 苇纬蟻伪蠄蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蔚尉蠅蠁蟻蔚谓喂魏蠈 渭蔚尉喂魏维谓喂魏慰 蟺伪位蟺 谓慰蠀维蟻 渭蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 渭伪蟼 渭维胃蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟽蠁伪纬萎 120 螠蔚尉喂魏伪谓蠋谓 蠁慰喂蟿畏蟿蠋谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺伪蟻伪魏蟻伪蟿喂魏慰蠉蟼 Los Halcones
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March 18, 2015
韦苇蟿伪蟻蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀 螤维魏慰 螜纬魏谓维蟽喂慰 韦维喂渭蟺慰 螜螜 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蠅, 萎蟿伪谓 蟽蟿慰 委未喂慰 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位蠈 蔚蟺委蟺蔚未慰 渭蔚 蟿伪 蟿蟻委伪 蟺蟻慰畏纬慰蠉渭蔚谓伪. 螤伪蟻维位位畏位伪 蔚委谓伪喂 畏 未蔚蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 渭蔚 萎蟻蠅伪 蟿慰谓 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危维蠀谓 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪尾维味蠅 (危蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟺蠈位畏 蠀蟺蠈 尾蟻慰蠂萎 畏 蟺蟻慰畏纬慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪).

螠喂伪 渭苇蟻伪 慰 螆魏蟿慰蟻 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 苇谓伪谓 谓蔚魏蟻蠈 巍蠅渭伪委慰 蟽蟿慰 渭蟺维谓喂慰 蟿慰蠀 纬蟻伪蠁蔚委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀. 螕喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪魏蟻委尾蔚喂伪 苇谓伪谓 蟿蠉蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 蠁慰蟻维蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟻蠅渭伪蠆魏萎 蟽蟿慰位萎, 未蔚谓 蟿伪尉委未蔚蠄蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 蠂蟻蠈谓慰 慰 维谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰蟼. 螝伪喂 伪渭苇蟽蠅蟼 渭蔚蟿维 未苇蠂蔚蟿伪喂 苇谓伪谓 蠁维魏蔚位慰, 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠁蠅蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁委伪 蔚谓蠈蟼 维位位慰蠀 蟿蠉蟺慰蠀, 渭蔚 魏慰渭渭苇谓慰 位伪喂渭蠈, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 魏伪喂 苇谓伪 伪蔚蟻慰蟺慰蟻喂魏蠈 蔚喂蟽喂蟿萎蟻喂慰 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 螡苇伪 违蠈蟻魏畏. 韦喂 蟽蟿慰 未喂维慰位慰, 蟽魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂. 螝伪喂 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 苇蟻蔚蠀谓伪, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 蟿慰 胃苇位蔚喂. 螣喂 未蠀慰 伪蠀蟿慰委 谓蔚魏蟻慰委 蟽蠀谓未苇慰谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 苇谓伪谓 蟿蠉蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 魏维谓蔚喂 未喂维蠁慰蟻伪 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓伪 渭伪纬喂魏维 魏蠈位蟺伪, 蟿慰谓 螙蠈蟻伪魏, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 魏伪喂 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠅蟿喂魏萎 慰渭维未伪. 螝伪喂 蔚魏蔚委 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 蟿慰 渭蟺位苇尉喂渭慰 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 螆魏蟿慰蟻, 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 伪蟻喂胃渭蠈 蟿蠅谓 蟺蟿蠅渭维蟿蠅谓 谓伪 渭蔚纬伪位蠋谓蔚喂 魏伪蟿维 蟺慰位蠉.

危伪谓 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位萎, 伪位位维 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 渭喂伪 伪蟺位萎 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪. 螘委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 苇谓伪 蟽蠂蠈位喂慰, 渭喂伪 渭伪蟿喂维, 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏萎 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉. 螣 螆魏蟿慰蟻 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 渭慰谓蠈蠁胃伪位渭慰蟼 伪谓伪蟻蠂喂魏蠈锟斤拷 喂未喂蠅蟿喂魏蠈蟼 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾, 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 蟺委谓蔚喂 伪位魏慰蠈位, 伪位位维 蟺慰位位维 伪谓伪蠄蠀魏蟿喂魏维, 魏伪蟺谓委味蔚喂 蟺慰位位维 蟿蟽喂纬维蟻伪 蟿畏谓 畏渭苇蟻伪, 魏伪喂 蟽委纬慰蠀蟻伪 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 慰 喂未伪谓喂魏蠈蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠂慰位喂纬慰蠀谓蟿喂伪谓萎 蟿伪喂谓委伪, 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蠂慰位喂纬慰蠀锟斤拷蟿喂伪谓蠈 蟽蟿蔚蟻蔚蠈蟿蠀蟺慰. 螣喂 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁苇蟼 蟿蠅谓 蟽魏畏谓蠋谓 未蟻维蟽畏蟼 蟺慰位蠉 未蠀谓伪蟿苇蟼, 慰喂 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁苇蟼 蟿蠅谓 未蟻蠈渭蠅谓, 蟿蠅谓 魏蟿喂蟻委蠅谓, 纬蔚谓喂魏维 蟿畏蟼 螤蠈位畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉, 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏苇蟼, 未委谓慰谓蟿伪蟼 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠉 蠅蟻伪委伪 谓慰蠀维蟻 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蟽蟿畏谓 伪蟿渭蠈蟽蠁伪喂蟻伪, 慰喂 未喂维位慰纬慰喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位慰委 魏伪喂 慰喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 伪位畏胃喂谓慰委. 螣 韦维喂渭蟺慰 纬喂伪 渭苇谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 渭喂伪 蔚纬纬蠀畏渭苇谓畏 伪谓伪纬谓蠅蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺蠈位伪蠀蟽畏.
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December 18, 2015
围蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚尉委伪. 螤慰位蠉 蟺喂蟽蟿慰位委未喂, 伪位位维 未蠀蟽蟿蠀蠂蠋蟼 伪谓 未蔚谓 尉苇蟻蔚喂蟼 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰 喂蟽蟿慰蟻喂魏蠈 蠀蟺蠈尾伪胃蟻慰 未蔚谓 蟽慰蠀 未委谓蔚喂 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位维尾蔚喂蟼 蟿喂 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂. 螌蠂喂 伪蟺慰 蟿伪 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 Taibo II 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 蟿喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 危维蠀谓 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 魏 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂蠋蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 伪谓 尉蔚魏喂谓慰蠉蟽伪 渭蔚 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓慰 未蔚谓 谓慰渭委味蠅 蠈蟿喂 胃伪 蟽蠀谓苇蠂喂蟽伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 未喂伪尾维味蠅.
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June 7, 2015
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April 23, 2012
No Happy Ending by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

H茅ctor Belascoar谩n Shayne tells us that he decided to become a detective because he didn鈥檛 like the color his wife picked for the new carpet. He had been an engineer. He got his license by mail. He had never read a British mystery novel. He didn鈥檛 know a fingerprint from a finger sandwich. He could only shoot something if it didn鈥檛 move very much.

H茅ctor is a usually a taciturn, enigmatic man who is an unrepentant teetotaler with a penchant for Pepsis. He shares an office with three characters, a plumber, an upholsterer and a sewer engineer

One day a murdered man dressed as a roman soldier is found at his office and then he gets a mysterious message to ignore was he saw and along with the message there was a plane ticket to New York City. All H茅ctor really knew at this point was that he loved his home, Mexico City with a passion and if he waited the killer would show his face.

In this case the detective is correct and it appears that there is more than one killer and that they are from the police. Since this is Mexico, the question is whether they were from the secret police, the auxiliary police, the judicial police, the special, the bank, the preventative, the traffic, the federal?

H茅ctor uncovers links from these men to a very unsavory incident in Mexico City鈥檚 recent past. What it has to do with him appears to be serendipity but he is caught in a web he cannot escape. His life is on the line and he is very like a gunslinger of the old West shooting first and asking questions later.

This is a very intriguing character and the people in his life are also worth knowing. The prose is somewhat Hemingwayesque and I look forward to reading more of this writer.
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May 11, 2015
A masterpiece of its genre, in this 3rd (in my collection anyway) novel in the series featuring H Belascoar谩n Shayne, it is more than evident that the protagonist is M茅xico City. The city itself, the characters, the plot twists could hardly pop in the head of a non-M茅xican writer. The plot starts off totally absurd, and the "solution" of the case is even more bizarre. But in its couple of hundred pages, you live and breathe el D.F. This Mexico D.F. of this novel is "my" D.F. of the mid-70's. I can feel myself walking down Maximino Avila Camacho to Insurgentes, then somewhere in Colonia Roma or Zona Rosa changing to the bus that would let me off at Marina Nacional and Mariano Escobedo. From its arch-Mexican Spanish (a compliment, in my eyes) to its arch-Mexican pantheon of characters, to the appreciation of the very streets of this unique city, this novel is truly something special. I will surely keep reading PIT II's work. Highly recommended. Also, I cannot really imagine this book translated into English, but I encourage anyone with a love of Spanish to read it. It's nostalgia to those who know Mexico City, and a unique "tourist" guide for those new to it.
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December 7, 2017
La joya de la creaci贸n literaria de Paco Ignacio Taibo II, hasta donde la conozco. Una prosa que logra ser solemne y vulgar, describiendo a la perfecci贸n c贸mo asume el cerebro mexicano el concepto de guerra a muerte. Me pregunto si este autor hispano-mexicano, ahora 铆dolo m谩ximo para mi faceta socialista-lector de fin de semana- hombre de acci贸n- chauvinista- chilango, tuvo que retomar al entra帽able detective por las amenazas cada vez m谩s realistas de sus lectores; seguro los lectores mexicanos son menos sutiles que los brit谩nicos (a Conan Doyle s贸lo lo convencieron con s煤plicas misivas).

隆H茅ctor Belascoar谩n Shayne arremete con furia terrible cuando se ve acorralado!

Este libro NO tendr谩 un final feliz.
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August 12, 2016
PROTAGONIST: Hector Belascoaran Shayne, independent detective
SETTING: Mexico City
SERIES: #2 of 5
RATING: 3.5
WHY: After finding a dead guy in his office bathroom and receiving a picture of another corpse in the mail, Hector Belascoaran Shayne, independent detective , finds a connection to a magician named Zoran. What he can't figure out is why he seems to have become a target for a murderous group of people. His search leads him through the underbelly of Mexico City. There's lots of death, and many people who can't shoot straight. The title of the book is totally apropos, with a really kicker conclusion.
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December 11, 2007
Very apt title for a bizarre and ultimately moving exercise in anti-capitalist crime fiction. Don't worry about the last page -- Hector gets resurrected (with an apology from Taibo) just one book later.
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July 25, 2021
Corta novela, a mi parecer le falt贸 el desarrollo de las tres novelas anteriores... tiene geniales descripciones de balaceras, fugas y encuentros. Lo mejor es la descripci贸n del "Halconazo", del 10 de junio del 1971, del que hace poco se cumplieron 50 a帽os, por cierto.
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螠螚螡违螠螒 螕螘螠螒韦螣 螘螞螤螜螖螒

螕蟻维蠁蔚喂 慰 螤维魏慰 螜纬谓维蟽喂慰 韦维喂渭蟺慰 II (1949) 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽畏渭蔚委蠅蟽畏 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰: 芦螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 魏伪喂 蟿伪 慰谓蠈渭伪蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 伪谓萎魏慰蠀谓 蟽蟿慰 尾伪蟽委位蔚喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼. 螚 蠂蠋蟻伪, 蔚谓蟿慰蠉蟿慰喂蟼, 伪谓 魏伪喂 胃苇位蔚喂 蟺慰位蠉 魏蠈蟺慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 蟿慰 蟺喂蟽蟿苇蠄蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼, 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺慰位蠉蟿蠅蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎禄. 螛伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 谓伪 萎蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 畏 螘位位维未伪 蟽蠀渭蟺位畏蟻蠋谓蠅, 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 伪蠀蟿蠈 谓伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 魏维蟺慰喂伪 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺畏 胃苇蟽畏. 螘委渭伪喂 伪蟺蠈位蠀蟿伪 尾苇尾伪喂慰蟼 蠈蟿喂 魏伪喂 维位位慰喂 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 胃伪 苇蠂慰蠀谓 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蔚 伪谓维位慰纬慰 蟽蠀位位慰纬喂蟽渭蠈. 螌渭蠅蟼 伪蠀蟿蠈 蔚委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰 魏苇蟻未慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚蟿伪尉蠉 维位位蠅谓 伪蟺慰魏慰渭委味蔚喂 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼. 螠喂伪 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 渭伪魏蟻喂谓蠈 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁慰蟻维 魏伪喂 蔚渭维蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 委未喂慰蠀蟼. 芦螘委谓伪喂 慰 魏伪蟺喂蟿伪位喂蟽渭蠈蟼 蟺伪谓蟿慰蠉 慰 委未喂慰蟼 维蟻伪 伪蠀蟿蠈渭伪蟿伪 蠈位伪 蟿伪 胃苇渭伪蟿伪 渭维蟼 伪蠁慰蟻慰蠉谓 蟿慰 委未喂慰 伪谓蔚尉维蟻蟿畏蟿伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 蟽蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰委伪 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味慰谓蟿伪喂禄 萎蟿伪谓 蟿慰 蟽蠂蠈位喂慰 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟺伪位喂慰蠉 纬谓蠅蟽蟿慰蠉 渭慰蠀 蠈蟿伪谓 蟽蠀味畏蟿萎蟽伪渭蔚 纬喂伪 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰. 螤蟻慰蠁伪谓蠋蟼, 魏伪喂 位蠈纬蠅 喂未蔚慰位慰纬喂魏萎蟼 胃苇蟽畏蟼, 未蔚谓 未喂伪蠁蠅谓蠋 渭蔚 渭喂伪 蟿苇蟿慰喂伪 蟽魏苇蠄畏. 螒位位维 未蔚谓 伪蟻魏蔚委. 螘委谓伪喂 魏伪喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅.

韦伪 魏蔚委渭蔚谓伪 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏伪谓慰蠉 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位慰蠉谓 渭喂伪 魏伪蟿伪纬纬蔚位委伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿维蟽蟿伪蟽畏 蟽蟿慰 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓慰 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪 蟿蠅谓 慰蟻伪渭维蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 1968. 危蟿慰 芦围蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼禄 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿蔚蟼 苇谓伪 伪位畏胃喂谓蠈 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏蠈. 螤蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蟽蠁伪纬萎 120 螠蔚尉喂魏伪谓蠋谓 蠁慰喂蟿畏蟿蠋谓 蟽蟿喂蟼 10 螜慰蠀谓委慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 1971 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟽魏位畏蟻萎 魏蟻伪蟿喂魏萎 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿慰位萎 蔚谓蠈蟼 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻慰蠀 魏喂谓萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 渭蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 蔚尉苇纬蔚蟻蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 鈥�68, 蟽蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰委伪 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟻蠈位慰 魏伪蟿苇蠂蔚喂 畏 蟺伪蟻伪蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠅蟿喂魏萎 慰蟻纬维谓蠅蟽畏 芦螕蔚蟻维魏喂伪禄 (Los Halcones) 蟺慰蠀 蔚委蠂伪谓 蔚魏蟺伪喂未蔚蠀蟿蔚委 蔚喂未喂魏维 纬喂伪 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽魏慰蟺蠈 蟽蟿喂蟼 螚螤螒. 螇蟿伪谓 渭喂伪 蟽魏位畏蟻萎 魏伪喂 伪未委蟽蟿伪魏蟿畏 慰蟻纬维谓蠅蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 蔚魏蟿蔚位慰蠉蟽蔚 蟿喂蟼 蔚谓蟿慰位苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 蟿维尉畏蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼 蔚谓蠋 未蔚谓 未委蟽蟿伪味蔚 谓伪 蠂蟻畏蟽喂渭慰蟺慰喂萎蟽蔚喂 蟺蠀蟻慰尾蠈位伪 蠈蟺位伪 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿伪 谓慰蟽慰魏慰渭蔚委伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 未蔚谓 渭苇谓蔚喂 蟽蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽畏渭蔚委慰. 螠蔚蟿维 蟿畏谓 蟽蠁伪纬萎, 蟺慰蠀 苇渭蔚喂谓蔚 蟽蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蠅蟼 畏 危蠁伪纬萎 蟿慰蠀 Corpus Christi 萎 El Halconazo, 蟿伪 芦螕蔚蟻维魏喂伪禄 蠈蠂喂 渭蠈谓慰 未蔚谓 蟿喂渭蠅蟻萎胃畏魏伪谓 渭蔚 伪蟺蠈蠁伪蟽畏 蟿慰蠀 鈥溛次肺嘉课合佄毕勎刮何€� 蔚魏位蔚纬渭苇谓慰蠀 螤蟻慰苇未蟻慰蠀 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈 螞慰蠀委蟼 螘蟿蟽蔚尾蔚蟻委伪 伪位位维 蟽蠀谓苇蠂喂蟽伪谓 蟿畏 未蟻维蟽畏 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 维位位蔚蟼 魏蟻伪蟿喂魏苇蟼 蠀蟺畏蟻蔚蟽委蔚蟼. 螣 螘蟿蟽蔚尾蔚蟻委伪 魏伪喂 慰 魏蟻伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 渭畏蠂伪谓喂蟽渭蠈蟼 蟺蟻慰蠂蠋蟻畏蟽伪谓 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蟽蔚喂蟻维 尾委伪喂蠅谓 蔚蟺喂胃苇蟽蔚蠅谓 魏伪蟿维 蟿慰蠀 伪蟻喂蟽蟿蔚蟻慰蠉 魏喂谓萎渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏慰蟻蠀蠁蠋胃畏魏伪谓 蟿畏谓 蟺蔚蟻委慰未慰 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 1970 苇蠅蟼 蟿慰 1976. 危蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓伪, 畏 蟺蟻慰蔚未蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀 蟽蟿喂纬渭伪蟿委蟽蟿畏魏蔚 伪蟺蠈 魏伪蟿畏纬慰蟻委蔚蟼 蠈蟿喂 苇未蠅蟽蔚 蔚谓蟿慰位萎 蟽蟿慰谓 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿蠈 谓伪 伪谓慰委尉蔚喂 蟺蠀蟻 蔚谓伪谓蟿委慰谓 蠂喂位喂维未蠅谓 蠁慰喂蟿畏蟿蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 未喂伪未萎位蠅谓伪谓 蔚喂蟻畏谓喂魏维 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蔚蟻喂慰蠂萎 韦位伪蟿蔚位蠈位魏慰 蟿畏蟼 螤蠈位畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉 蟽蟿喂蟼 2 螣魏蟿蠅尾蟻委慰蠀 1968 蔚谓蠋 未喂伪蟿蔚位慰蠉蟽蔚 蠀蟺慰蠀蟻纬蠈蟼 螘蟽蠅蟿蔚蟻喂魏蠋谓. 螣 螘蟿蟽蔚尾蔚蟻委伪 蔚委蠂蔚 蠀蟺慰蟽蠂蔚胃蔚委 蠈蟿喂 胃伪 蟺蟻慰蠂蠅蟻慰蠉蟽蔚 蟽鈥� 苇谓伪 未畏渭慰魏蟻伪蟿喂魏蠈 维谓慰喂纬渭伪 伪位位维 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蟺维胃畏蟽蔚 谓伪 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委蟽蔚喂 魏维胃蔚 伪谓蟿喂蟺慰位喂蟿蔚蠀蟿喂魏萎 魏伪喂 伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿喂魏萎 蠁蠅谓萎. 螚 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 蟿慰蠀 螤维魏慰 螜纬谓维蟽喂慰 韦维喂渭蟺慰 II 蔚魏蟿蠀位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 未苇魏伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 渭蔚蟿维 魏伪喂 慰 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 螆魏蟿慰蟻 螠蟺蔚位伪蟽魏慰伪蟻维谓 危维蠀谓 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 伪谓蟿喂渭苇蟿蠅蟺慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿伪 委未喂伪 伪魏蟻慰未蔚尉喂维 蟽蟿伪纬慰谓委未喂伪 蟺慰蠀 苇未蟻伪蟽伪谓 魏伪蟿维 蟿蠅谓 蠁慰喂蟿畏蟿蠋谓 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰畏纬慰蠉渭蔚谓畏 蟺蔚蟻委慰未慰. (螖蔚委蟿蔚 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼, 蟿畏谓 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏萎 蟿伪喂谓委伪 蟿慰蠀 螒位蠁蠈谓蟽慰 螝慰蠀伪蟻蠈谓 芦巍蠈渭伪禄 (2018) 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟿蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蔚蟻委慰未慰 蟺慰蠀 苇未蟻伪蟽伪谓 蟿伪 芦螕蔚蟻维魏喂伪禄).

韦慰 芦围蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼禄 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠉 未蠀谓伪蟿萎 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 苇谓伪 蟺慰位喂蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 伪喂蠂渭萎蟼 伪位位维 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺苇蟿蔚喂伪 未蟻维蟽畏蟼 渭蔚 渭蟺蠈位喂魏慰蠀蟼 谓蔚魏蟻慰蠉蟼 魏伪喂 蟺喂蟽蟿慰位委未喂. 螣喂 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁苇蟼 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻纬慰蠀, 蟿蠅谓 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿维蟽蔚蠅谓 蟺慰蠀 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠅蟺委味蔚喂 慰 渭慰谓蠈蠁胃伪位渭慰蟼 谓蟿蔚蟿苇魏蟿喂尾 魏伪喂 畏 蟽蠀谓慰位喂魏萎 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺慰纬蔚蠅纬蟻伪蠁委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蟿慰蟺委蠅谓 蟿畏蟼 螤蠈位畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螠蔚尉喂魏慰蠉 蔚委谓伪喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏苇蟼. 螖蔚谓 魏慰蠀蟻维味慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏, 伪谓蟿委胃蔚蟿伪 蟿慰谓 尾维味慰蠀谓 魏伪蟿蔚蠀胃蔚委伪谓 蟽蟿慰 魏位委渭伪 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻纬慰蠀. 螣喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蠄蔚蠉蟿喂魏慰喂 魏伪喂 蠂维蟻蟿喂谓慰喂, 伪谓 魏伪喂 蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 苇位魏蔚喂 蟿畏谓 魏伪蟿伪纬蠅纬萎 蟿慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蠂蠋蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 pulp 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼. 韦慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 蟽蠀谓蠀蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 伪蟻渭慰谓喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿慰 未蟻维渭伪, 蠈蟺蠅蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎. 螌蟽慰 纬喂伪 蟿慰 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 伪委蟽喂慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰慰喂魏慰谓慰渭蔚委 萎未畏 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 蟿委蟿位慰 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼; 螘委谓伪喂 尉蔚魏维胃伪蟻慰 蠈蟿喂 未蔚谓 伪谓伪蠁苇蟻蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 尾喂慰位慰纬喂魏蠈 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀, 苇蟿蟽喂 魏伪喂 伪位位喂蠋蟼 慰 螘螝韦螣巍 螠螤螘螞螒危螝螣螒巍螒螡 危螒潍螡 胃伪 蔚蟺伪谓苇蟻胃蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠂苇蟻喂 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 蟽蔚 蔚蟺蠈渭蔚谓慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蠈蟺蠅蟼 慰 渭蠀胃慰位慰纬喂魏蠈蟼 蠁慰委谓喂魏伪蟼 伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓喂苇蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿喂蟼 蟽蟿维蠂蟿蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 蟽蟿慰谓 胃维谓伪蟿慰 蟿蠅谓 慰谓蔚委蟻蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蔚位蟺委未蠅谓 渭喂伪蟼 慰位蠈魏位畏蟻畏蟼 纬蔚谓喂维蟼, 渭喂伪蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 魏伪喂 伪蠀蟿维 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉谓 尉伪谓维 谓伪 尾蟻蔚胃慰蠉谓 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻慰蟽魏萎谓喂慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 未蠋蟽慰蠀谓 蟿慰谓 蠅蟻伪委慰 伪纬蠋谓伪 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚位蔚蠀胃蔚蟻委伪. 螉蟽蠅蟼 魏伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂尾委蠅蟽畏... 韦慰 渭萎谓蠀渭伪 蟿慰蠀 螤维魏慰 螜纬谓维蟽喂慰 韦维喂渭蟺慰 II 蔚委谓伪喂 纬蔚渭维蟿慰 蔚位蟺委未伪, 蠈蟽慰 魏伪喂 伪谓 蟿慰 委未喂慰 蟿慰 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪 蟺蔚蟻喂苇蠂蔚喂 蟿慰 蟺苇谓胃慰蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟿慰蠀 蠅蟼 蟽蠀蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏蠈 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委慰 蟿蠅谓 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃畏渭维蟿蠅谓 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 胃苇蟽蔚蠅谓 蟿蠅谓 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 蟿慰蠀 苇蟻纬慰蠀 伪位位维 魏伪喂 蟿蠅谓 蔚尉蔚位委尉蔚蠅谓 蟽蟿慰 螠蔚尉喂魏蠈.

芦螖蔚谓 蔚委蠂伪渭蔚 蟿委蟺慰蟿伪 未喂魏蠈 渭伪蟼. 螚 蟺蠈位畏 蔚委蠂蔚 纬委谓蔚喂 尉苇谓畏. 螚 纬畏 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 蟺蠈未喂伪 渭伪蟼 未蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 未喂魏萎 渭伪蟼. 螖蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 未喂魏蠈 渭伪蟼 蟿慰 伪蔚蟻维魏喂 蟺慰蠀 渭伪蟼 苇魏伪谓蔚 谓伪 蟽畏魏蠋谓慰蠀渭蔚 蟿慰 纬喂伪魏维 蟿慰蠀 渭蟺慰蠀蠁维谓 蟽蟿喂蟼 慰魏蟿蠋 蟿慰 尾蟻维未蠀, 蠈蟿伪谓 未蔚谓 蠀蟺萎蟻蠂蔚 蟿蠈蟺慰蟼 谓伪 渭伪蟼 未蔚蠂蟿蔚委, 维纬喂慰蟼 谓伪 渭伪蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蟿伪蟿苇蠄蔚喂. 螖蔚谓 萎蟿伪谓 未喂魏萎 渭伪蟼 畏 蟺蠈位畏 慰蠉蟿蔚 慰喂 胃蠈蟻蠀尾慰委 蟿畏蟼. [鈥 螚 蠂蠋蟻伪, 畏 蟺伪蟿蟻委未伪 苇魏位蔚喂谓蔚路 位维蠁蠀蟻慰 谓喂魏畏蟿蠋谓 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 魏伪魏萎 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维, 魏蠀谓喂蟽渭慰蠉 蟺慰蠀 魏蟻蠀尾蠈蟿伪谓 蟺委蟽蠅 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏 蠁蟻维蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 未蔚谓 蟿畏谓 蟺委蟽蟿蔚蠀蔚 魏伪喂 位蔚纬蠈蟿伪谓 渭蠈谓慰 魏伪喂 渭蠈谓慰 纬喂伪 谓伪 喂魏伪谓慰蟺慰喂畏胃蔚委 畏 蟽蠀谓萎胃蔚喂伪. 螚 蠂蠋蟻伪 苇蟽蟿蔚位谓蔚 蟽蟿慰谓 蠀蟺蠈谓慰渭慰 蟿慰蠀蟼 谓喂魏畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼, 蟽蟿畏 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 未委蠂蠅蟼 蟿苇位慰蟼禄.

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Author听15 books232 followers
November 16, 2018
review of
Paco Ignacio Taibo II's No Happy Ending
by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - February 15, 2017

I'd already read Taibo's Return to the Same City in June of last year as my 1st bk by him. It picks up where this one ends, the detective hero has been murdered. SO, I knew to expect that this really wdn't have a happy ending. If I hadn't read that 1st I might've been hoping & expecting for the hero to somehow survive all the odds against him. Such foreknowledge put a weird spin on my reading experience. As I wrote in my review of Return:

"The detective hero had been killed off in the last bk featuring him. "A Note from the Author" 'explains':

"Don't ask me when and how H茅ctor Belascoar谩n Shayne came back to life. I don't have an answer. I remember that on the last page of No Happy Ending rain was falling over his perforated body.

"His appearance in these pages is therefore an act of magic. White magic perhaps, but magic that is irrational and disrespectful toward the occupation of writing a mystery series."

The character, apparently resurrected, is not exactly in a hurry to jump back into risking his life again" - /story/show/...

Anyway, this resurrection created a happy ending for the book w/o one. Good. I like happy endings. This one's happy for me for various reasons: it's short, it's easy to review. I've recently written 2 long reviews & need a break. See? Everything's happy. The beginning murder has a theatrical aspect to it:

"A Roman foot soldier sat on the toilet, staring at the tile floor, his throat slashed.

"Blood oozed slowly down the brass breastplate, over the short, pleated skirt, the hairy legs, and into one sandal. A helmet with a faded plume rested on his head. A long wooden spear leaned against the wall.

""They've gone too far this time," H茅ctor muttered, cautiously lifting the Roman's chin. A four-inch gash cut across his throat.

""Who?"

""The sons of bitches who killed this guy."" - p 4

That got me to thinking: Are there no other types of "Roman soldiers" other than this ancient stereotype? EG: Is there a contemporary Roman solider wearing body armor against bullets & a helmet with a face-plate & that sort of thing? Or wd that be an Italian soldier? Having the 1st victim be an atavistic one created an unexpected spin that had to be resolved. the corpses increase w/ no obvious explanation:

"And now this: two dead men and a plane ticket to New York to keep him from sticking his nose in where somebody thought it didn't belong. But if they didn't want him to get involved, then why the hell had they gone and dumped a dead Roman in his bathroom, and then sent him a photograph of this other guy?" - p 8

Detectives are like obsessive-compulsives seeking closure. They must know. That's the way they work - or, at least that's the way they work in novels. In real life they probably fake evidence just to get pd or are perfectly happy to stop investigating something if they get pd to stop, etc.. It's hard for me to believe that (m)any of these novelistic heros have ever existed. I have a friend who worked for a detective agency. His boss wd send him out to test people's phones to see if they were tapped. My friend didn't know the slightest thing about that. He'd pretend & the detective wd give the client a report that their phone wasn't tapped. Maybe that's more common. These days what do detectives do? Background checks thru some online service that they pay for?

This is one of those 'exotic character' novels where the people are unusual & that helps keep the story interesting:

"The Filipino enjoyed passing on his art, and you were a good disciple. After the course in gymnastics, you went on to karate, and from there (once again the hand of fate) to the esoteric secrets of the escape artist, magician, and daredevil. The Filipino had once worked as an assistant to an Indian contortionist, touring bars and clubs in California, and he knew some unusual and wonderful tricks. So unusual and so wonderful, in fact, that you would spend entire sleepless nights contemplating the subtleties of escape from a sealed coffin, from a straightjacket, of the dangerous motorcycle jump through a ring of fire.

"A year and a half passed in strenuous training, and then one day the Filipino disappeared." - pp 38-39

I reckon that Taibo knew he had a winner when he thought of having the novel revolve around his hero avoiding getting killed & then finally failing to do so. There're plenty of plot twists in this but that No-Happy-Ending business must've been enuf of an Ace-Up-The-Sleeve to keep this novel short & breezy. I love it when I read something that I know was inspired:

"The first shot hit the stack of papers. Thousands of words flew in all directions, leaving the smell of fresh ink in the air." - p 88

Beautiful. Instead of immediate blood & guts the reader gets "thousands of words" flying in all directions. SO, our hero investigates more & more:

"This shadowy, violent organization had shown evidence of its existence before. The first time was during the Ayotla Textile strike, when a paramilitary group appeared out of nowhere, shooting and beating the picketers before the laughing gaze of the police." - p 103

"The official explanation wrote the whole thing off as an unfortunate clash between antagonistic student groups. But then there were the photographs of the army-issue M1 rifles, and the riot police allowing the armed men to pass unopposed, and the tape recordings from the police radio frequency, over which police officers directed the Halcones' attack." - p 107

Taibo is always on the side of the strikers & protesters & against the side of the death squads & paramilitary groups. I'm w/ him there. Even tho this is fiction it does get those juices flowing in the direction of imagining the real-life counterparts.

But, WAIT!, maybe this isn't so fictional after all:

"The Corpus Christi Massacre, Corpus Christi Thursday Massacre, or El Halconazo (The hawk strike, so called because of the participation of a group of elite Mexican army soldiers known as Los Halcones) was a massacre of student demonstrators in Mexico City on June 10, 1971, the day of the Corpus Christi festival."

[..]

"Los Halcones (The hawks) was a black operations army group that was trained in the United States. The group was created in the late 1960s to repress demonstrations and prevent other large popular movements such as the student movement of 1968 from rising again. Their first attack against the students took place on October 2, 1969, a year after the Tlatelolco Massacre. Their initial duty, as told by the government to the public, which was not aware of their name nor their real purpose, was that there was going to be a police group that ensured the security of the recently inaugurated Metro. The members of Los Halcones were identified with nicknames and its members were of various backgrounds, including sports clubs, the police, and thugs for hire "porros" who were provocateurs created to counter and watch universities. After the Halconazo, the number of Los Halcones members increased exponentially in the UNAM and IPN); militaries, which were referred to with the nicknames "maestros" (teachers) or "paisanos" (countrymen). These militaries had at their command dozens of halcones, the vast majority of whom had participated in the Tlatelolco massacre, as well as gang members and criminals. The latter were released from jail under the condition that they form part of the new shock group with payment." -

Waddya know.

Yep, that's the way Taibo & his Spanish counterpart, Montalban, rolls. For me, then, these novels become political education about Mexican politics. Note that "Los Halcones (The hawks) was a black operations army group that was trained in the United States" - cd that be at Fort Benning? Our hero speaks to a friend:

""I might not be back for a few days . . . If I don't come back, I want you to have my books on the Spanish Civil War. They're on the bookshelf in the hallway. I inherited them from my father."" - p 117

That's the sort of detail I like. The author knows that these bks are important. W/o making such provisions they might just get thrown away. Knowledge lost. Other people might just cut the pages up for collages. Knowledge lost.

"H茅ctor, who had never exactly thought of himself as a man on a collision course with authority, saw the State as something akin to the witch's castle in Snow White, from which emerged not only the Halcones, but other things too, like his own engineering degree, or the crap you saw on television. There were no gray areas there. It was all one big infernal machine that it was best to keep as far away from as possible." - p 139

Ah, yes, the state. Trump & his billionaire cronies wd like to do away w/ aspects of it, the aspects that provide checks & balances for their greed & White Supremacism. Then again, they'd like to keep the state b/c it enables them unprecedented access to power. Funny how that works.

Usually, I try to avoid spoilers. No Happy Ending gives me an excuse to not do that for a change:

"He'd almost reached the cover of a newspaper kiosk on the corner when a shotgun blast caught him in mid-torso and lifted his torn, broken body into the air." - p 175

No Happy Ending was published in 1981. Return to the Same City was published in 1989. It only took Taibo 8 yrs to reverse the No Happy Ending. if only real life were like that.
Profile Image for Yorgos Economu.
43 reviews3 followers
May 17, 2021
There is no happy ending indeed. But that's hardly a spoiler.
And Taibo's hero (Hector), well...he is hardly a hero. He is a risky, gutsy, impulsive, self-destructive detective who smokes at every chance, drinks numerous cans of pop soda per day and eats junk. In the latter matters, the exact opposite of detectives Pepe Carvalho and Salvo Montalbano, that is. The Irish-blooded Belascoaran only manages to stay alive because his creator needs him (sure, there must be some love too in there), in order to convey his view and experience of Mexico and especially the City of Mexico.
This is only the third Taibo's novel I've read but I reckon I'm not hasting when I write that in his crime novels the crime itself and its solution seems of secondary importance. It serves as a vehicle leased by the author who wants to criticize the moral decadence of his beloved city, the corruption of the Government(s), of the Police, of the politicians, the apathy of the people among other socio-philosophical matters that come about as the story unfolds (or even regardless of the story sometimes).
Taibo's critical eye on society, the sadness, melancholy and humour of Hector Belascoaran are all materialized within an exceptional piece of art. If one, though, cares only for action and successive plot twists, this is not the book to choose, let alone the writer to read.
Profile Image for 脕ngel Luis Dur谩n.
297 reviews12 followers
November 23, 2022
"-Jefe, hay un pinche romano muerto en el ba帽o.
-Cuando acabe de mear, d铆gale que pase -contest贸 H茅ctor Belascoar谩n." As铆 comienza "No habr谩 final feliz", la cuarta entrega de las aventuras del detective creado por Paco Ignacio Taib贸 II. Es esta una novela cargada de mucho humor y de cierto fatalismo sobre la sociedad mexicana, o mejor dicho del sistema pol铆tico en M茅xico, del abuso de poder, de la corrupci贸n en definitiva. Y es ah铆 donde H茅ctor Belascoar谩n Shayne se rebela y se enfrenta a la injusticia reinante. Es esta la novela m谩s trepidante de las cuatro que he le铆do de la serie, es una historia que engancha desde el principio desde la aparici贸n de ese romano muerto en el ba帽o, desde que la foto de otro muerto y un billete de avi贸n a Nueva York es enviada a nuestro h茅roe. Es este caso un puzle en el que H茅ctor Belascoar谩n tendr谩 que ir encajando las piezas poco a poco hasta obtener una imagen que le permita saber a quien se enfrenta, y se enfrenta a su enemigo o enemigos mejor dicho, m谩s peligrosos hasta la fecha. Sus compa帽eros de oficina, sus hermanos y la chica de la cola de caballo acompa帽ar谩n a nuestro detective en esta novela que nadie deber铆a dejar de leer. Todo estos condimentos se mezclar谩n en una DF de la que nuestro h茅roe no puede desligarse aunque a veces quiera, y no puede porque es una ciudad que ama porque ama a sus gentes.
Profile Image for Gloria.
955 reviews5 followers
June 25, 2018
The book lived up to its title. There were no happy endings in this book.

The protagonist is Hector Belascoaran Shayne, an independent detective. He finds a dead man dressed as a Roman, he has a picture of another dead man sent to him along with a plane ticket to New York. All of this piques his curiosity and he tries to determine exactly why anyone would want to kill him.
He delves, investigates, and survives.... for a while. But the rabbit didn't. And it's unknown what happened with the woman who was never named.

Profile Image for Georgiana 1792.
2,254 reviews149 followers
June 17, 2021
Un altro caso nebuloso per H茅ctor Belascoar谩n Shayne, un caso il cui finale 猫 stato ampiamente spoilerato dalla lettura di Qualche nuvola, che risulta essere il precedente della serie, mentre qui su 欧宝娱乐 viene portato come successivo (si pu貌 dedurre anche dagli anni di pubblicazione, in effetti, ma ).
Il detective privato di Mexico DF si trova a indagare su due morti in cui viene coinvolto all'improvviso, collegate alla morte - avvenuta anni prima - di Zorak, un personaggio televisivo che si lanciava in sfide sempre pi霉 pericolose, tanto da morire nel corso di un numero su un elicottero, con una caduta da sessanta metri d'altezza.
Gli fanno vedere questi due uomini sgozzati e poi gli dicono di non indagare, dandogli un biglietto aereo per gli Stati Uniti... be', non si fa cos矛 con H茅ctor, perch茅 猫 chiaro che lui far脿 esattamente il contrario, anche solo per puntiglio.
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35 reviews
May 9, 2024
One of the most engrossing bits of fiction I have read in a long time. Incredibly bleak, but with a dark humor as well. The author's note at the beginning sets the tone

"Obviously, the plot and the characters in the novel belong to the realm of fiction. The country, however, although it may be hard to believe, is absolutely real."

In Taibo's vision, 1970s Mexico City is a surreal place, beset by official corruption, and in which ordinary people try their best to live their lives. And the thing is, they do. It's just that sometimes some random act of official or semi-official violence overtakes them. No happy ending to this story, and this is obviously the last of the Hector Belascoaran Shayne novels (Taibo prevents himself from stretching out the franchise--no jumping the shark for this guy). But now I want to read the previous books.
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January 31, 2020
No habr谩 final feliz
A Belascoaran le siembran un muerto, y sin deberla ni temerla se involucra en un caso, donde una vez que empieza a investigar van con intenci贸n de matarlo. Poco a poco aparecen pistas sobre los muertos y los asesinos, pero nada que lo relacione a 茅l.
Muy bueno el cap铆tulo donde nos da a conocer m谩s de sus compa帽eros de despacho. Tambi茅n lo del mago.

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