The discovery of a dead man--dressed as a Roman foot soldier--in his office bathroom leads Mexico City P.I. Hector Belascoaran Shayne into a bizarre and sinister web of circumstance. The popularity of award-winning Mexican author Taibo's Shayne series is world-renowned.S. tour.
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The discovery of a dead man--dressed as a Roman foot soldier--in his office bathroom leads Mexico City P.I. Hector Belascoaran Shayne into a bizarre and sinister web of circumstance. The popularity of award-winning Mexican author Taibo's Shayne series is world-renowned.S. tour.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. First U.S. Edition/printing. Tight binding; dust jacket shows light edge wear. Thin, black line drawn across bottom edge, near the spine. Small worn spot on the top edge of the cloth boards; nothing overly bad.... Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 175 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, so stated, September 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. One tiny rip at lower corner. "The body discovered in the bathroom of the Mexico City office of Hector Belascoaran Shayne is dressed as a Roman soldier but the history that Taibo's "independent detective" probes in this dark, indelible tale is considerably more recent and local. A photo of another corpse, a one-way ticket to New York City and a warning note--"Don't get involved"--draw Shayne into a case he knows nothing about, at first. He determines that the two dead men once assisted a deceased stunt artist named Zorak, who was rumored to be associated with Los Halcones, a secret government paramilitary organization responsible for many deaths during a demonstration of university students in l970. Aided by his office mates, an upholsterer, a plumber and a sewer engineer, and by his lover, "the woman with the pony tail, " Shayne hews to his investigative line even as he is relentlessly pursued himself. The body count mounts as the one-eyed detective, in a continuing course of car chases, shootings and close escapes (even in a commandeered bus), closes in on the politics behind the puzzle of who is after whom and why. Originally published in 1981 and seamlessly translated by Neuman, this existential tale shows off Taibo's ruminative and melancholy detective at his rawest and most surprising."--Publishers Weekly.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.