No Happy Ending: a Hector Belascoarian Shayne Detective Novel Volume 3

✍ Scribed by Paco Ignacio Taibo, II

• Book ID: 100381369
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 87 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: US
• ISBN: 1615953493

✦ Synopsis

The third English language case for Mexico City independent detective Héctor Belascoarán Shayne, No Happy Ending , is Paco Ignacio Taibo II at his subversive, darkly comic best. First, Héctor discovers the body of a dead actor, dressed like a Roman in full breastplate and regalia, propped up on the toilet in his office. Shortly thereafter, he receives a threatening letter and a snapshot of another murdered corpse. As Héctor investigates the killings he discovers that both share a connection to a dead stuntman named Zorak who apparently perished while training a government-backed paramilitary group.

Once again, the one-eyed anarchist detective finds himself up against the very institutions which persecute the downtrodden and oppress the masses. In typical Taibo fashion, Héctor appears destined to lose--the ending to this remarkable absurdist tale shows his bullet-ridden body lying face down in the gutter during a rainstorm.

✦ Subjects

Contemporary