num_pages: 244
description: 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.
language: English
title: An Easy Thing
titlecomplete: An Easy Thing
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Novels, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 670
series: Héctor Belascoarán Shayne , Héctor Belascoarán Shayne
publisher: Friction