Juan Pablo Villalobos
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'I don't expect anyone to believe me,' warns the narrator of this novel, a Mexican student called Juan Pablo Villalobos. He is about to fly to Barcelona on a scholarship when he's kidnapped in a bookshop and whisked away by thugs to a basement. The gangsters are threatening his cousin—a wannabe entrepreneur known to some as 'Projects' and to others as 'dickhead' – who is gagged and tied to a chair. The thugs say Juan Pablo must work for them....
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For this striking, stripped-down account of youth immigration, Villalobos interviewed teens at various stages of the immigration process to illustrate their stories—the physical and emotional difficulties of their travels. He then changed certain elements of these stories in order to protect the children's identities. Each chapter brings forth the voice of one young immigrant's experience, from crossing the Mexican desert to gang violence to...
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"Una novela delirantemente divertida sobre cómo el mundo cotidiano puede transformarse en un enloquecido disparate... Una novela sobre el amor, la vida familiar, el dinero, el éxito profesional, la rutina, el futuro, la salud y el sentido y la utilidad de la literatura en tiempos de resentimiento y odio."--Back cover.
El narrador de esta novela (que, casualidad o no, realidad ficción, se llama como el autor) es escritor. Un escritor razonablemente...