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Man in the mask returns to change world with new coalition and his own sexy novel In a rare interview, Zapatista rebel chief Marcos warns US efforts to secure its southern border are pushing his poor compatriots over the edge Jo Tuckman in Mexico CitySaturday May 12, 2007 Zapatista rebel leader Sub Comandante Marcos demonstrating outside the US embassy in Mexico City in 2006. Photo: Moises Castillo/AP A bead of sweat is visible through the eyehole of his famous black balaclava. Latin America's most celebrated living rebel must be feeling the heat, but a glass of water would mean taking off the mask and that is out of the question. He makes do with a puff on his pipe, and a subject that is close to his heart. "My new book's coming out in June," Subcomandante Marcos announces with relish during the first interview he has given to a British paper in years. "There's no politics in the text this time. Just sex. Pure pornography." There has been a literary com