Book Review: The Uncomfortable Dead: A Novel by Four Hands - What’s Missing is Missing by Subcomandante Marcos and Paco Ignacio Taibo III - Page 2

Part of: Corazon y Alma: Chicano and Latino Books

Taibo’s Shayne finds more questions than answers as he digs deeper into the search for Morales, which started with a late night answering machine from a dead guy. The cast of characters in the book is a comical jumble. There’s a Tijaunero porn star paid to masquerade as Osama Bin Laden in terrorist videos, Pancho Villa, Barney, various ghosts, and Gustav Mahler.

I’m not saying any more because it will just seem weirder and weirder. The book is political, funny, wry, and insanely entertaining. You’ll just have to read it to find out more.

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Gina MarySol Ruiz is a freelance writer, poet and book reviewer. Gina has maintained several blogs over the years. Gina is also a columnist with Blogcritics.org. She has also been a panelist for the Cybils awards two years running in the Graphic Novel category.

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