Paco Ignacio Taibo
Author
Publisher
Akashic Books
Language
English
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Formats
Description
Latin American noir at its finest. “[A] diverse collection of stories which reflect the harshness and also the brittle brilliance of life in Mexico City.”—MostlyFiction Book Reviews
Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, “Mexico City Noir surpasses...
Akashic Books’s acclaimed series of original noir anthologies has set a high standard for portraying cities and their neighborhoods in all their dark and violent splendor. Now, “Mexico City Noir surpasses...
Author
Publisher
Siete Cuentos Editorial
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
Description
In Mexico City on the night of October 2, 1968, at least two hundred students-among thousands protesting election fraud and campaigning for university reform-were shot dead in a bloody showdown with government troops in Tlatelolco Square. The bodies were collected and trucked away and the cobblestones washed clean. Hundreds more were arrested, and imprisoned for years. To this day, no one has been held accountable for the acts of savagery and these...
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