I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me Contributor(s): Villalobos, Juan Pablo (Author), Hahn, Daniel (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1911508482 ISBN-13: 9781911508489 Publisher: And Other Stories OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Humorous - Black Humor - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Hispanic & Latino |
Dewey: 863.7 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.1" W x 7.7" (0.75 lbs) 356 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic - Ethnic Orientation - Latino |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "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. His mission? To make Laia, the daughter of a corrupt politician, fall in love with him. He accepts. . . . though not before the crime boss has forced him at gunpoint into a discussion on the limits of humour in literature. Part campus novel, part gangster thriller, I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me is Villalobos at his best. Exuberantly foul-mouthed and intellectually agile, this hugely entertaining novel finds the light side of difficult subjects--immigration, corruption, family loyalty and love--in a world where the difference between comedy and tragedy depends entirely on who's telling the joke. |