“[No Happy Ending] shows off Taibo’s ruminative and melancholy detective at his rawest and most surprising.” - Publishers Weekly
“Taibo uses his wonderful talent for magical realism to show character and build atmosphere. . . . Lovers of modern Latin American literature should snap it up, as should mystery fans who like storytelling that’s as fractured as the age they live in, and far more artful.” - Washington Post Book World
“Sparkles, drawing us in with the unfettered power of his imagination.” - Los Angeles Times
“Crazy, confusing, and irresistible.” - Playboy
“Conspirarcy, misdirection, and paranoia intertwine deliriously in this Pynchonoesque roman noir . . . a magical-realist paean to the all-too-human power of the imagination in action.” - Kirkus Reviews
“His novels have injected a freshness into Latin American literature that had been flagging since the boom generation that includes Mario Vargas Llosa [and] Gabriel García Márquez.” - The Nation
“I am his number-one fan. …I can always lose myself in one of his novels because of their intelligence and humor. . . . Make no mistake, Paco Taibo, sociologist and historian, is recovering the political history of Mexico to offer a vital, compelling vision of our reality.” - Laura Esquivel, author of Like Water for Chocolate