Mexico city's cult noir classic 'The best f***ing novel ever written about Mexico city' Francisco Goldman filiberto Garcia is in over his head. An aging ex-hitman with a filthy mouth, he has three days to stop a rumoured Mongolian plot to assassinate the President of the United States on his visit to Mexico. Forced to work with agents from the FBI and the KGB, Garcia must cut through international intrigue. But with bodies piling up and the investigation getting murkier, he starts to suspect shady dealings closer to home and to wonder why the hell he was hired in the first place.