""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Before Mexican Crime Fiction: The Death Scene and the Construction of Postrevolutionary Mexico""; ""2. Ensayo de un crimen and El hombre sin rostro: Early Critiques of Nationalism during Mexico's Transition to Modernity""; ""3. El complot mongol and La cabeza de la hidra: The Era of Latent National Crisis""; ""4. Cosa facil, Un asesino solitario, and Amores perros: The Age of National Disintegration""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""