Brand-new stories by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Eugenio Aguirre, Eduardo Antonia Parra, Bernardo Fernández Bef, Óscar de la Borbolla, Ro...
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Mar 26, 2011
Antonio
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Mexico City (MC), as well as any other Megalopolis is not to be though of as a single structure, in which symmetries are to be found. MC consists in several more or less well defined sub-cities, and each one has its own issues. One if those issues is the crime derived by some social activities. The book recovers a very interesting group of crime stories, one for each of the mentioned sub-cities.
As there are several authors, each story is entirely different from the others, and that ric More...
As there are several authors, each story is entirely different from the others, and that ric More...
Feb 17, 2010
John
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I particularly enjoyed:
Eduardo Antonio Parra: I'm Nobody
Bernardo Fernandez - Private Collection
Paco Ingnacio Taibo II - The Corner
Juan Hernandez Luna - Bang!
Eugenio Aguirre - Judas Burning
I read all the stories in this comilation, which is rare for something like this, and sure they wer pulpy, and some were pretty one dimensional, but but this is good stuff because none of it is traditional detective story fair. There are some noir riffs here and there, More...
Eduardo Antonio Parra: I'm Nobody
Bernardo Fernandez - Private Collection
Paco Ingnacio Taibo II - The Corner
Juan Hernandez Luna - Bang!
Eugenio Aguirre - Judas Burning
I read all the stories in this comilation, which is rare for something like this, and sure they wer pulpy, and some were pretty one dimensional, but but this is good stuff because none of it is traditional detective story fair. There are some noir riffs here and there, More...
Sep 21, 2011
Jamie
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Some of these I would not call stories, as they're more like attempts at condensed novels, or episodes from a novel. They don't have to be "stories", obviously, for this anthology series, but those that certainly did read as such were far more interesting and successful reads. The story by the volume's editor (Taibo) stands out in particular. Also, a number of the selections here I would not call "noir" subgenre in the traditional sense; they're closer to the Hardboiled tradi
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Dec 06, 2010
Erik
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If the purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to new authors and to allow them to explore a place for which they may not be familiar, then yes. Mexico City Noir was a successful book. I loved experiencing the danger and mad beauty of Mexico City through the eyes of the city's resident writers, and I look forward to checking out more of their individual works, (particularly Paco Ignacio Taibo II, a Mexican-raised Spaniard). However, as was my complaint for the other Akashic Noir books
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Mar 16, 2010
Avra
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As uneven as you would expect from an anthology, but highly recomended if only because the good stuff is unfindable anywhere else in English. And the good stuff is really good. Why is there an entire tradition of noir writing we can't get our hands on? So frustrating.
Feb 10, 2011
Under_rubble
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a solid mixed bag. & PIT2 is always a good read.
Some much better than Portland Noir.
Some much better than Portland Noir.
Jul 11, 2011
Tuck
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anything an author can come up with does not match the insane noir of real-life Mexico. but this is close,if you don't like the newspaper.
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