An Easy Thing: A H?ctor Belascoar?n Shayne Detective Novel : 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

Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press

Publication Date: Jun 27, 2002

Number of Pages: 240 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 1590580060

ISBN-13: 9781590580066