Paco Ignacio Taibo II

The Shadow of the Shadow

Mystery unfolds through interconnected narratives of power and violence in Mexico City

About the author

Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Paco Ignacio Taibo II is a Mexican journalist and crime writer who created Hector Belascoaran Shayne, a one-eyed Mexico City private detective, and founded the neo-polar movement in Latin America. His politically engaged crime novels use the detective genre to expose corruption and violence in Mexico. He has received the Dashiell Hammett Prize.

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