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In his Decalogue about mystery novels, Chandler forgot to prohibit detectives from getting metaphysical, Héctor Belascoarán Shayne-gun-carrying argonaut of Mexico City, the world's biggest city at its own expense, the biggest cemetery of dreams-said to himself. - Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Regreso a la misma ciudad y bajo la lluvia
How are these two principles-that is, the real of originary violence and the semblance of justice-affected by Taibo's complete revamping of the genre of the detective novel in the context of Mexico City?