Artful Assassins: Murder as Art in Modern Mexico

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ArtfulAssassins Murder as Art in Modern Mexico Fernando Fabio Sánchez Translated from the Spanish by Stephen J. Clark Vanderbilt University Press Nashville © 2010 by Vanderbilt University Press Nashville, Tennessee 37235 All rights reserved First printing 2010 This book is printed on acid-free paper made from 30% post-consumer recycled content. Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sánchez, Fernando Fabio, 1973– Artful assassins : murder as art in modern Mexico / Fernando Fabio Sánchez ; translated from the Spanish by Stephen J. Clark. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8265-1726-5 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Detective and mystery stories, Mexican—History and criticism. 2. Murder in literature. 3. Assassination in literature. 4. National characteristics, Mexican, in literature. 5. Mexico—In literature. 6. Literature and revolutions—Mexico—History—20th century. 7. Detective and mystery films—Mexico—History and criticism. 8. Murder in motion pictures. I. Clark, Stephen John, 1965–   II. Title. pq7207.d48s36 2010 863’.087209972—dc22 2009049313 To Jennifer, because each page is a shared day of your childhood. ...