cover image An Easy Thing

An Easy Thing

Paco Ignacio Taibo, II. Penguin Books, $4.5 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-14-011523-9

A Mexican private eye tackles three mysteries at once--a kidnapping, two murders at a steel plant and rumors that a famed Mexican Revolution martyr is still alive. ``In complexity of social setting, ingenious plotting and philosophical depth, Taibo ranks with the best,'' praised PW. (Dec.)