The Uncomfortable Dead - Softcover

Taibo II, Paco Ignacio; Marcos, Subcomandante

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1852429070 ISBN 13: 9781852429072

Publisher: Serpent's Tail, 2007

Synopsis

In alternating chapters, enigmatic Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos and crime writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II create an uproarious murder mystery with intersecting storylines. Those chapters written by the famously masked Marcos originate in the mountains of Chiapas, Mexico, where, amid a hallucinatory blend of different voices, we meet El?as, a Zapatista detective tasked with locating missing people. Taibo?s chapters star his Coca-Cola-and-cigarette-consuming series detective H?ctor Belascoar?n Shayne: a PI specialising in cases stranger than reality. The two stories collide absurdly and dramatically in the sprawl of Mexico City. The ugly history of the city?s political violence rears its head, and both detectives find themselves in an unlikely dance of death with forces at once criminal, historical, and political.

About this title

About the Authors

Paco Ignacio Taibo II was born in Spain, but has lived in Mexico since 1958. He is the author of numerous books, including a mystery series starring Mexican Private Investigator Hector Belascoaran Shayne. His writing has won many awards, including two Dashiell Hammett prizes.

Subcomandante Marcos is a spokesperson and strategist for the Zapatistas, an indigenous insurgency movement based in Mexico. He first joined the guerilla group which was to become the Zapatistas in the early 1980s. Marcos is the author of several books, including Story of the Colours and Our Word is Our Weapon.

Edition details

• Publisher: Serpent's Tail
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1852429070
• ISBN 13: 9781852429072
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288