An Easy Thing (Penguin Crime Mystery)

By Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140115234
• ISBN13: 9780140115239
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.5" x 4.3"