First edition of Just Passing Through by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, the critically-acclaimed story by one of Mexico's great writers.
Written by Paco Ignacio Taibo II. Translated by Martin Michael Roberts. 2000 first US edition, first printing. Cinco Puntos Press.
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"In this elegant and literate adventure novel set in 1920s post-revolutionary Mexico, Paco Ignacio Taibo II is searching for a hero, specifically a leftist hero, and he thinks he has found him in the person of Sebastian San Vicente. But everyone - including the baffled novelist - is trying to figure out exactly who San Vicente really is. There is some record of San Vicente in FBI records during the Wilson era, and some mention of him in anarchist records and rumors, but the rest has to be filled in. And who better to do this than Taibo? Meanwhile - with Taibo busy in the background trying to resolve the mystery of his hero's identity - San Vicente goes about his heroic avocation of organizing strikes against the capitalists, dodging thugs, and hiding out from the Mexican Army."
CHAPTER 3
"They told me that since I had turned sixteen that day, I was now a man. I didn't take any damned notice of them. I went down to the harbor to see people getting off the ships. All the way I knew I was going to the port and it didn't matter if I closed my eyes because I would never get lost. I could just follow my nose and the smell of rancid grease, garbage, sweat and greasy spoon joints. Even if I had had no sense of smell, I could have heard my way because the same sea breeze brought noises along with it - crane engines, crashing gears and the sad music from a cathouse called "El Tropical". There were a lot of things in the air that day because you do not get to turn sixteen very often..."
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