Book description
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. Paco Ignacio Taibo II is a
historian and writer. The winner of seven international fiction prizes,
including the coveted Moritz-Planeta Award, he lives in Mexico City.
