Continuing the magical story of Jose Daniel Fierro, begun in Taibo's critically acclaimed Life Itself, this brilliantly crafted collage of noir adventure and political, psychological drama chronicles the effects of a century of violence on the nature of the imagination."
The greatest detective cracks his last case a finds out more about his past than he bargained for. Fascinating historical detail tied into a modern detective novel - buy it if you can find it
terrific book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Much of the content is covered in other reviews and synopses. I found the book mesmerizing, informative, dream like. Many things I knew a little about were fleshed out in this book, such as the tragedy of Barcelona, the actual bicycle and it's a far better than average mystery too.
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