He won three Dashiell Hammett awards, co-authored a crime novel with a famous political figure and helped found a new niche in detective fiction known as neo-policial or neo-detective. Netflix produced a 2022 series based on his PI novels. Guess away but most readers won’t name Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He’s a household name in Mexico and known throughout Latin America. Not so much north of the ‘frontera.’ I’ll list below the titles in his Hector Belascoarán Shayne series that appear in English; unfortunately, many of his works don’t.
Who Put the 'Neo' in Neo-Detective Fiction?
Who Put the 'Neo' in Neo-Detective Fiction?
Who Put the 'Neo' in Neo-Detective Fiction?
He won three Dashiell Hammett awards, co-authored a crime novel with a famous political figure and helped found a new niche in detective fiction known as neo-policial or neo-detective. Netflix produced a 2022 series based on his PI novels. Guess away but most readers won’t name Paco Ignacio Taibo II. He’s a household name in Mexico and known throughout Latin America. Not so much north of the ‘frontera.’ I’ll list below the titles in his Hector Belascoarán Shayne series that appear in English; unfortunately, many of his works don’t.