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E41: An Easy Thing (Part 2) — Cinema Spotlight “El Che” — 5 Round Burst

Welcome to Point Blank! This time around we share another round of Coca-Cola with Paco Ignacio Taibo II as we take a deep dive into “An Easy Thing.” We both loved this book and can’t stop talking about it. In Cinema Spotlight, we still can’t get away from Paco as we look at a documentary …

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E40: An Easy Thing (Part 1) — Mexican Noir — Forgotten Classics

Welcome to Point Blank! Grab your Coke and cigarettes (the fuel for both our writer and our detective this episode) and join us for a discussion of An Easy Thing by Paco Ignacio Taibo II. I think we are both in love with Paco’s writing and he’s a pretty interesting person as well. We’ll introduce …

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E39 — Blood of the Wicked (Pt. 2) — Deep Dive — Cinema Spotlight — Five Round Burst

Welcome to Point Blank! We return to Sao Paulo, diving deep into Leighton Gage’s Blood of the WIcked, the first Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation. We’ll also reflect on City of God (2003), a Brazilian crime film that both of us agree is a modern classic, and we give you five Brazilian crime fiction hard …

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