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The Black Minutes (2010)

by Martin Solares(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0802170684 (ISBN13: 9780802170682)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Grove Press, Black Cat

review 1: A surreal, postmodern novel masquerading as a police procedural, Solares's book tells the story of two different police investigations in the fictional Mexican town of ParacuÃ¡n, Tamaulipas. In the first, a none-too-bright detective is assigned to pursue the killer of a young journalist. His story is interrupted when someone tries to kill him, and the novel rewinds twenty years to recount the story of a previous police detective pursuing a serial killer in the same town. The two storylines come together in the end, but the real crimes discovered in the novel are not the murders, but the politicking and corruption that threaten to derail each investigation. Solares does a great job ratcheting up the suspense at key moments and has a wry sense of humor. Reminded me a bit o... moref Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union.
review 2: Over all the book was very interesting. Solares starts off with a modern day detective novel but then quickly delves into the past and begins the story of Detective Vicente Rangel. This takes up most of the book before we finally come back to the present. While the book is written extremely well, (I read it in Spanish), it lacks a certain "wrap up". That is to say after you read it you're still left with the same questions. But over all I did enjoy the book. less

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