by Paco Ignacio Taibo II · Txalaparta, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788481360004
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«La vida misma» is the crime novel by Mexican writer Paco Ignacio Taibo II, published by Txalaparta in paperback (188 pages, in Spanish).
A writer in his fifties becomes chief of the municipal police of Santa Ana, a town in northern Mexico with a left-wing council besieged by the PRI. The murder of a young woman, the gunmen and local bosses, and the rebellion of a people seeking their place make up a plot of suspense and humor about Mexican reality.
This edition is the seventh in the Gebara collection. «La vida misma» received the International Hammett Prize for best crime novel.
For readers of crime fiction and contemporary Mexican narrative, with an interest in police plots with a political background.
