Mongolian Conspiracy

Informationen zum Autor Rafael Bernal (1915-1972) was a Mexican diplomat and novelist, best known for his crime novels, including The Mongolian Conspiracy (New Directions). Klappentext Only a couple of days before the state visit of the President of the United States, Filiberto García - an impeccably groomed "gun for hire," ex-Mexican revolutionary, and classic anti-hero - is recruited by the Mexican police to discover how much truth there might be to KGB and FBI reports of a Chinese-Mongolian plot to assassinate the Soviet and American presidents during the unveiling of a statue. García kills various bad guys as he searches for clues in the opium dens, curio shops, and Cantonese restaurants of Mexico City's Chinatown - clues that appear to point not to Mongolia, but to Cuba. Yet as the bodies pile up, he begins to find traces of slimy political dealings: are local gears grinding away in these machinations of an "international incident"? Pulsating behind the smokescreen of this classic noir are fierce curses, a shockingly innocent affair,smoldering dialog, and unforgettable riffs about the meaning of life, the Mexican Revolution, women, and the best gun to use for close-range killing.

Product details

• Authors: Rafael Bernal
• Assisted by: Katherine Silver (Translation)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 23.12.2013
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense
• EAN: 9780811220668
• ISBN: 978-0-8112-2066-8
• Pages: 192
• Dimensions (packing): 13 x 20 x 1.5 cm
• Subjects: FICTION / Literary; Fiction - General