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With an introduction by award-winning novelist Colm Tóibín Opening with a crime of passion after a years-long love affair has soured, The Dead Girls soon plunges into an investigation of something even darker: Serafina Baladro and her sister run a successful brothel business in a small town, so successful that they begin to expand. But when business starts to falter, life in the brothel turns ugly, and slowly, girls start disappearing . . . Based on real events, the story of serial-killing brothel owners Delfina and María de Jésus González, whose crimes were uncovered in 1964, The Dead Girls is a deliciously satirical black comedy - a potent blend of sex and mayhem. Written in the laconic tones of a police report, it cleverly uncovers the hopeless pedantry of a broken justice system, and the dark world of prostitution.
Novela humorística de la revolución mexicana en la que la narración es presentada en forma de memorias de un general revolucionario.
This thesis examines several contexts surrounding a lesser-known play by Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Llegó Margó (1956). The latter part of this thesis offers a close analysis of the play by examining historical socio-economic dynamics within the text. By situating the dialogue of this play around the upcoming semi-centennial celebration of the Mexican Revolution, the text participates in nationalistic dialogues which analyze Mexico's post-revolution progression. From this viewpoint, the character Margó represents a neglected lower socio-economic class and the characters Rebeca and Lola, the middle/upper socio-economic classes, both of which lack the conviviality needed to unite classes and progress forward as one society. Therefore, Ibargüengoitia argues that Mexican society has not lived up to the ideals promised by the outcomes of the Mexican Revolution, as seen through the dichotomy between differing class structures, and the intrinsic differences within each structure which perpetuates this separation.
Ubicada en el Caribe, la isla de Arepa conquist su independencia luego de 88 a os de luchas.. Corre el a o de 1926 y el poder lo detenta, por cuarta vez consecutiva, Manuel Belauzar n, ltimo sobreviviente del movimiento independentista, quien busca su quinta reelecci n y a n m s: la presidencia vitalicia. el partido de oposici n propone al junior Pepe Cussirat, que reside en el extranjero, como su candidato. ste viajar a la isla no Para aceptar la candidatura que se le ofrece, sino Para asesinar a Belauzar n. la conspiraci n es descubierta y Cussirat tiene que esconderse Para proteger su vida. Sin embargo, luego de las elecciones alguien asesina a Belauzar n y completa el plan de Cussirat. Cardona es puesto como nuevo presidente vitalicio.
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Set against a backdrop of political repression, secret police, informants, and maddening bureaucracy, this is the story of two Mexico City murders and how they are solved.