Maite has a pretty boring life, working as a secretary and spending every moment she can reading Secret Romance comic books and listening to records at her apartment. But when her beautiful neighbor Leonora asks her to cat-sit and then disappears, Maite begins searching for her, becoming embroiled in a conflict between student protestors and the pseudo-military thugs that have been hired to spy on them and beat them down.
This book wonderfully captures life in 1970s Mexico City, and marries Maite's hum-drum life with the dangerous escapades of Leonora's world. Fascinating and revealing.
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