AN EASY THING. de Taibo, Paco Ignacio II - 1990

Viking, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin Publishing Group, 1990. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Poisoned Pen Press, 2002. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Poisoned Pen Press, 2002. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Scottsdale, Arizona: Poisoned Pen Press, 2002 Nice, unsold, unread first trade paperback edition of this Hector Belascoaran Shayne mystery set in Mexico, translated by William I. Newman.

New York: Viking - The Penguin Group, 1990. Book. Illus. by Mark Harrison;. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. 8vo. 230 pp. First Translated Edition. Signed by Paco Ignacio Taibo II on the front free endpaper. Quarter-bound in black cloth and gold boards; lettered in purple on the spine; headband. Dj art by Mark Harrison. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. This marks the English language debut of the author, Mexico's leading detective novelist and a writer world renowned for his atmospheric and highly innovative crime fiction. Set in the chaotic urban heart of Mexico City, a place where the ghosts of Old Mexico constantly eat away at all pretense of modernity. The jaded detective hero, Hector Belascoaran Shayne, finds himself reluctantly involved in three perplexing cases: a murder at a capitalist - and corruption - riddle factory; disturbingly violent threats against the… Leer más

N.Y.: VIKING, 1990. First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hard Cover. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH. NEAR FINE IN FINE DJ. TRANSLATED FROM "COSA FACIL" BY WILLIAM I. NEUMAN.

New York:: Viking,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (tight, clean copy, bookstore stamp on endpaper). First US edition. First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. He has been awarded the International Dashiell Hammett prize for three of his novels. 231 pp.

New York:: Viking,, 1990.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket. (as new, but with a remainder line.). First US edition. First novel of Taibo to appear in English - praised by such diverse writers as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Ross Thomas, etc. Introduces his jaded, one-eyed, half Basque detective, Hector Belascoran Shayne; set in Mexico City, this is a combination of irony, black humor and Latin fabulism. Translated from the Spanish by William I. Neuman. Recommended. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2007. 231 pp.