El Monstruo by Ross, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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ALSO BY Title Page Dedication Praise Introduction I - THE BIRTH OF A MONSTRUO

THE SHAPE OF THE MONSTER WHAT LIES BELOW WHEN THE EARTH MOVES OBSTETRICS THE SEED THE MATRIX CITY OF CORN GIVING THE CHICHIMECAS A BAD NAME

II - CITY OF FLOWERS & SMOKING HEARTS

EVERYTHING IS FORETOLD MAKE WAR NOT LOVE CAUTION! TIGHT LITTLE ISLAND A SHIMMERING MIRAGE THE AZTECS COME UNGLUED “THE WALLS ARE SPLASHED WITH BLOOD” DEAD INDIANS

III - CITY OF PALACES & GHOSTS

ERASING TENOCHTITLÁN GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION TONANTZIN SILVER CITY CITY OF PALACES THE MOTHER COUNTRY MÉXICO NEGRO GACHUPÍN! (An interview with Carlos Diez) RICH CITY, POOR CITY THE GREAT TUMULT HIDALGO’S BELLS LA GUERRILLA THE MELON OF MEXICO

IV - CITY OF BETRAYED HOPES

BETRAYAL UPON BETRAYAL SANTA ANNA’S LEGS PINCHES AMERICANOS THE FALL OF TENOCHTITLÁN (REDUX) THE ULTIMATE HUMILATION THE ANNEXATION OF MEXICO THE LACERATED CITY THE REDEEMER’S LAST STAND BRAWLING LAWMAKERS EL MONSTRUO MEETS LA REFORMA MIRAMÓN’S MILLIONS METTERNICH’S BLUEPRINT THE EMPERORS OF MEXICO THE ITINERANT REPUBLIC EL DANDY & THE TIGER ¡HAY QUE LLEGAR! (An interview with Don Inocencio Salazar)

V - CITY OF ORDER & PROGRESS

WHAT’S THE MESSAGE? (An interview with Samuel Soto) THE BLACK PALACE THE TRAINS RUN ON TIME FRANCHISING MEXICO UPSTAIRS AT THE JOCKEY CLUB LIFESTYLES OF THE PORFIRIAN RICH AND POOR THE BUBBLE BURSTS ¡NO REELECCIÓN! ¡SUFRAGIO EFECTIVO! THE CURSE OF THE CENTENNIAL

VI - CITY OF THE CANNIBAL REVOLUTION

MONUMENTALIZING THE REVOLUTION “DO NOT GO DOWN TO THE CITY, MI GENERAL” ZAPATA IN THE CITY WHAT THE LAND WAS LIKE MADERO’S REVOLUTION THE GODS ARE SKEPTICAL “LIKE EARRINGS FROM THE TREES” THE PLOT CONGEALS THE COUP BLOSSOMS BLOODY SUNDAY JUDAS KISS TEN TRAGIC DAYS THE CANNIBAL BANQUET LA CASA THE COLOSSUS OF THE NORTH THE RACE FOR MEXICO CITY WHAT NEXT? THE SOVEREIGN CONVENTION THE INDIADA COMES AGAIN VILLA’S REIGN OF TERROR THE REVOLUTION BIDS FAREWELL TO EL MONSTRUO THE YEAR OF THE RATS THE COMMUNE OF MORELOS A THOUSAND MILES NORTH LABOR PAINS PACIFYING THE WILD BEASTS A BOLSHEVIK CONSTITUTION THE KISS OF DEATH “AND SO OUR GENERAL FELL . . . ” THE COUP DE GRACE

VII - CITY OF ARTISTS & ASSASSINS

VASCONCELOS’S WALLS EL SAPO REDS BOHEMIAN NIGHTS BUCARELI STREET POSTREVOLUTIONARY TRAFFIC JAM AN UNCUDDLY CAUDILLO CATHOLIC BLOOD EL TURCO INVOKES ARMAGEDDON “¡VIVA CRISTO REY!” “AN OCTOPUS SUCKING THE BLOOD OF THE WORKING CLASS” LA SOMBRA DEL CAUDILLO THE ECLIPSE OF ALVARO OBREGÓN THE REAL CHILANGOS GAMBUSINO! (An interview with Don Alfredo, an urban gold miner) EL MAXIMATO “THE GREAT PARTY OF THE NATIONAL REVOLUTION” FILM NOIR SEEING RED THE COSMIC CANDIDATE NOT DEAD YET MARTES NEGRO

VIII - CITY & COUNTRY

TATA LÁZARO’S BIG EARS MEIN KAMPF OUT OF TOWN PROLETARIAN CITY NOCHES CHILANGAS ¡NO PASARÁN! “TOO MANY EMPTY SEATS” (An interview with Don Raimundo Vargas) “PRESIDENT CÁRDENAS! GENERAL OF THE AMERICAS!” LÁZARO’S PEOPLE LA COLECTA PARTY TIME PASSING THE BATON THE END OF THE LINE FOR LEON

IX - CITY OF MIRACLES & HYPE

UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU! LA BLANCA GOES TO WAR (An interview with the author of El Monstruo, John Ross) VEERING RIGHT AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT THE FLOOD THAT NEVER ENDED OF MIRACLES AND HYPE MISTER AMIGO “A BULWARK AGAINST THE RED MENACE” THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST CONSPIRACY COMES TO EL MONSTRUO ALI BABAMAN’S BOOM TIMES SQUATTING IN THE LAIR OF THE HUNGRY COYOTE STRIPPING BACK THE MIRACULOUS THE DREAM FACTORY MEXICO CITY IN BLACK AND WHITE “I LOVE MY CUSTOMERS BUT SOMETIMES THEY DRIVE ME NUTS” (An interview with ... ¡CANTINFLAS PRESIDENTE! MISTER AMIGO BIDS ADIOS

X - URUCHURTU’S CITY

FRIDA AND DIEGO RISE UP TO RED HEAVEN THE IRON REGENT THE CUBANO COLONY DR. GUEVARA’S CATS LA ANTILLA SAILING INTO HISTORY URUCHURTU’S FLOWERS THE MONSTRUO GROWS UP AND DOWN “NO ES JUSTO URUCHURTU” “WITH A NEEDLE IN MY HAND” (An interview with Don Juanito López) “AN EXTREME LEFTIST” ENOUGH OF THE MEXICAN MIRACLE THE MUMMY TIME OF THE CHARROS URUCHURTU IN GRIDLOCK A NEW TENANT MOVES IN ¡PATRIA O MUERTE! ¡VENCEREMOS! THE KENNEDYS MEET THE MONSTRUO THE SWINGING SIXTIES THE PERFECT DICTATORSHIP

XI - CITY OF DREAD & REDEMPTION

THE SETUP THE MONSTRUO & THE METRO TLATELOLCO THE ALARM CLOCK OLYMPIC FEVER COLD WAR OLYMPICS HOW IT BEGINS LA PRENSA VENDIDA EL BAZUKAZO ¡HUELGA! “YOUR CHILDREN ARE CALLING OUT TO YOU!” BAD MEXICANS MISTER ROBLES’S TORTAS “I PLAY FOR MYSELF” (An interview with Oscar the Vampire) THE SILENT MARCH TÍO SAM IS ALARMED IN THE TOILET LA NOCHE DE TLATELOLCO WHODUNNIT? LET THE GAMES BEGIN DOS DE OCTUBRE ¡NO SE OLVIDE!

XII - CITY OF DENIAL & SHAME

PRI RIP LEFTWARD HO! THIRD WORLD HAHAHA LOS HALCONES AN ALPHABET SOUP OF FOCOS LAS DOÑAS THE BLOB DEMOCRACY PRI-STYLE HOME IMPROVEMENTS DOWN IN THE SEWERS TRUE BLUE URUS WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MEXICAN JOURNALISM DARK RUMORS TAKE FLIGHT ADMINISTRATING THE ABUNDANCE ORLANDO’S BONES (An interview with “Orlando”) “A POOR POLITICIAN IS A BAD POLITICIAN” THE GARBAGE KINGS WHAT LIES BENEATH CITY OF INDIANS EL CHUECO BURN ON BIG RIVER THE BOTTOM FALLS OUT THE SHAME OF IT ALL

XIII - CITY IN CRISIS

THE JODIDOS GET ORGANIZED SELLING IT ON THE STREET TECNOS VS. DINOS VOTIVE CANDLES WHAT MANUEL BUENDÍA KNEW AND WHEN ANTIHEROES OF LA CRISIS “SOME OTHER PENDEJO” (An interview with Isidro Zúñiga) MAY DAY! MAY DAY! THE GODS MUST BE ANGRY SEPTEMBER 19—7:19 A.M. DEATH TRAPS THE DEAD DOCTORS 7:19 FOREVER GOVERNMENT AGAINST PEOPLE SLEEPING THROUGH CALAMITY “NO PLACE ELSE FEELS LIKE HOME” “¡LUCHA, LUCHA, LUCHA! ¡NO DEJAN DE LUCHAR!” A GREAT CRIME THE PRI WRESTLES FOR THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THE DAMNIFICADOS IN THE CAMPS “THE PRESIDENT IS AFRAID OF US” THE SAGA OF AN URBAN SUPERHERO THE VIRUS OF DEMOCRACY THE SON OF THE TATA TRAVELS WITH CUAUHTÉMOC KILLER PRIs “SE CAYÓ EL SISTEMA” THE DANCE OF THE NUMBERS FRAUD GOES TO COLLEGE UP IN SMOKE

XIV - CITY OF NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARES

EXODUS FROM THE CENTRO BAD BREATH THE MONSTRUOUS REALITY THE ATTACK OF THE IMECAS A MAN AND HIS TREE COSMETIC BAMBOOZLEMENT POLITICAL POLLUTION IS EVEN MORE DEADLY THE HOLY SPIRIT OF HOUSTON FOR SALE: THE COUNTRY ONCE CALLED MEXICO HOW OCTAVIO PAZ CURED THE D.T.’S SEX AND DRUGS IN THE NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE COCAINE—A DRUG FOR THE NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE THE DRUG WAR COMES TO EL MONSTRUO THE POPE’S BLESSING HO HO HO FELIZ AÑO NUEVO, CABRONES THE DECLARATION OF THE LACANDÓN JUNGLE WHO ARE THESE MASKED MEN? THE ZAPATISTAS TAKE THE CAPITAL READ ALL ABOUT IT! MARCOS AND THE MONSTRUO THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE IN THE CENTER OF THE PHOTO A SHOT IN THE DARK WHO WILL BE NEXT? THE VOTE OF FEAR ¡PUEBLO PUTO! CANNIBAL PIGEONS HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER CITY OF OMENS CARLOS’S HOUSE OF CARDS INDIAN BLOOD THE REVENGE OF THE NEBBISH ALAS, POOR YORICK “MY LOVER AND MY BEST FRIEND” (An interview with “Xoxi de las Flores”—not her ... THE NEOLIBERAL NIGHTMARE SEND IN THE GRANADEROS TIME FOR CRIME MURDER ON THE BUS STEALING FROM THE LORD THE VIRGIN OF THE METRO EL PETATE DEL MUERTO

XV - LEFT CITY

SNUBBING CÁRDENAS HIGH-MINDED WORDS GOVERNMENT BY CRUCIFIXION THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT PACO THE PIECES OF THE PIE LET THEM EAT CAKE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FLYING THE RAINBOW FLAG DON QUIJOTE LEAVES CITY HALL LA JEFA MEETS THE ULTRAS SUPER ROSARIO NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS THE USEFUL VOTE THE DINOSAUR’S EXTINCTION EL PEJELAGARTO ¡LOS POBRES PRIMEROS! “¡PINCHE POPULARISTA!” OF CROOKED CONTRACTORS AND STAR-CROSSED LOVERS HANG ’EM HIGH MARCOS RETURNS TO EL MONSTRUO AN ODD COUPLING THE PAST SMELLS REALLY BAD WELCOME TO SLIMVILLE RUDY TO THE RESCUE EL PEJE’S PYRAMID DRIVE, HE SAID THE ARROGANCE OF THE AUTOTARIAT THE FRONT-RUNNER TERROR IN TLÁHUAC REMEMBER TO WEAR WHITE THE REVENGE OF AN UNHAPPY LOVER THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY MADERO RISING ¡NO ESTÁ SOLO! A DANGER TO MEXICO THE SHADOW OF ’88 FRAUDE ELECTORAL (ALL OVER AGAIN) “VOTO POR VOTO, CASILLA POR CASILLA” THE OCCUPATION OF EL MONSTRUO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS ENDGAME FOR DEMOCRACY INAUGURAL PANDEMONIUM THE RETURN OF CAMACHO SOLÍS FELIPE’S BLOODY CRUSADE TROUBLE IN TEPITO SAN MARCELO, GUARDIAN OF THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS RECORD ANOTHER POLICE CHIEF DONE GONE WUXTRA! WUXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! 15,000 ANNOYING AMBULANTES DISAPPEAR ... MARCELO VS. AMLO “WE ARE THE MEXICANS AND WE ARE NEVER GIVING UP!” (An interview with Berta Robledo) PIG SPRING THE FUTURE IS NEXT THE FUTURE IS PAST

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