Calling All Heroes

A Manual for Taking Power: A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Historical
Cover of the book Calling All Heroes by Paco Ignacio Taibo II, PM Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo II ISBN: 9781604864076
Publisher: PM Press Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: PM Press Language: English
Author: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
ISBN: 9781604864076
Publisher: PM Press
Publication: July 1, 2010
Imprint: PM Press
Language: English

The euphoric idealism of grassroots reform and the tragic reality of revolutionary failure are at the center of this speculative novel that opens with a real historical event. On October 2, 1968, 10 days before the Summer Olympics in Mexico, the Mexican government responds to a student demonstration in Tlatelolcothe by firing into the crowd, killing more than 200 students and civilians and wounding hundreds more. The massacre does not receive much international attention and though many students are detained, no officials are held accountable. The story then skips ahead two years to a hospital in Mexico City and introduces Nestor, a fictional journalist who witnessed the shootings at Tlatelolcothe. He has been admitted to the hospital for a knife wound, and as he lies in bed, his fevered imagination goes back to the day of the riot. In his delirious state, he becomes so desperate he calls on the heroes of his youth-Sherlock Holmes, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and D'Artagnan among them-to join him in launching a new movement of reform.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The euphoric idealism of grassroots reform and the tragic reality of revolutionary failure are at the center of this speculative novel that opens with a real historical event. On October 2, 1968, 10 days before the Summer Olympics in Mexico, the Mexican government responds to a student demonstration in Tlatelolcothe by firing into the crowd, killing more than 200 students and civilians and wounding hundreds more. The massacre does not receive much international attention and though many students are detained, no officials are held accountable. The story then skips ahead two years to a hospital in Mexico City and introduces Nestor, a fictional journalist who witnessed the shootings at Tlatelolcothe. He has been admitted to the hospital for a knife wound, and as he lies in bed, his fevered imagination goes back to the day of the riot. In his delirious state, he becomes so desperate he calls on the heroes of his youth-Sherlock Holmes, Doc Holliday, Wyatt Earp, and D'Artagnan among them-to join him in launching a new movement of reform.

More books from PM Press

Cover of the book Portugal by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Raising Hell by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Gypsy by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book What Would It Mean to Win? by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book New American Vegan by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book A Living Spirit of Revolt by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Signal 06 by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book The Football Factory by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Archive That, Comrade! by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book The Revolution of Everyday Life by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Outrage by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Romantic Rationalist by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book The Human Front by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Enseñando rebeldía by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Cover of the book Anarchy Comics by Paco Ignacio Taibo II
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy