The Mongolian Conspiracy

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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 11/25/2013
ISBN: 9780811220668
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.06h x 5.21w x 0.65d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 09/30/2013
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2013
Booklist 11/15/2013 pg. 25