A review by readingthebacklist
'68: El Otoño Mexicano de la Masacre de Tlatelolco by Paco Ignacio Taibo II

informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

Via diaries and memories, and within the context of the 60’s social movements, Taibo examines the events preceding the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre, the government’s response and the sanctioned narrative. This account is an interesting look at the ordinariness entwined with the renowned, the idealism, the shortcomings and the guilt. I enjoyed the casual tone, but the author sometimes comes across as a relic of his time with the excessive mention of women’s miniskirts.