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“... successful Mexican crime writers both before and since Monsiváis’s essay – Rafael Bernal and Paco IgnacioTaibo II spring to mind – but the bestselling narco-thrillers of Elmer Mendoza seem designed to turn his arguments on end. Mendoza has transformed the corruption, chaos and constant bloodletting of ...”

“... counterattack at Fort Bendera in June 1965, but his account is completely unreliable, just as Paco IgnacioTaibo’s compilation of passages from Che’s diary, mixed with other testimony, is confused and inadequate. Che was in fact highly doubtful about the wisdom of the operation, but the Congolese leadership saw ...”

“... of the plantón: ‘Every day there were cultural events that people took very seriously. Paco IgnacioTaibo launched his book on Pancho Villa next to the Juárez monument, on the Alameda Park, and there were hundreds of people there – humble people, nacos, as they are usually called. And ...”

“... the critical tone of his biography. But, like Anderson, he has done an immense amount of legwork.Paco IgnacioTaibo II is the master of almost everything that has been written about Guevara in Latin America. He is also Mexico’s most distinguished crime novelist, and his biography of Guevara leaves few clues ...”