In a message dated 11/21/2001 6:18:05 AM Mountain Standard
Time,
kvnsmith@thrillingdetective.com writes:
I know Taibo bumps off his P.I., Hector Belascoran Shayne,
and then brings him back in a subsequent book, supposedly
without even pausing to comment on it. But I think he only
does this once.
Yeah, that's Taibo. Hector is resurrected in Return To The
Same City. There is an Author's Note that gives a bit of
explanation, certainly no apology, for the death of the main
guy and his return. Taibo says, "His appearance in these
pages is therefore an act of magic. White magic perhaps, but
magic that is irrational and disrespectful toward the
occupation of writing a mystery series. ... As always, it
must be said that the story told here belongs to the terrain
of absolute fiction, although Mexico is the same and belongs
to the terrain of surprising reality." Turns out Taibo
apparently bowed to readers' demands that Hector not be
killed off, and the author realized he had a few stories left
to tell about his P.I.
I look forward to more discussion about Taibo during January
when the theme becomes "Latino Noir and Hard-Boiled."
Manuel Ramos www.manuelramos.com
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