Description
"A brief and majestic debut." —Matías Néspolo, El Mundo Tochtli lives in a palace. He loves hats, samurai, guillotines, and dictionaries, and what he wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his private a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia. But Tochtli is a child whose father is a drug baron on the verge of taking over a powerful cartel, and Tochtli is growing up in a luxury hideout that he shares with hit men, prostitutes, dealers, servants, and the odd corrupt politician or two. Long-listed for The Guardian First Book Award, Down the Rabbit Hole, a masterful and darkly comic first novel, is the chronicle of a delirious journey to grant a child's wish.
Détails du livre
Format
Kindle
Pages
96 pages
Langue
Anglais
Publié
oct. 2, 2012
Éditeur
FSG Originals
Éditions
30 éditions
ISBN-10
0374709033
ISBN-13
9780374709037
Genres
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At the library, when I borrowed 'Down the Rabbit Hole' (Fiesta en la madriguera), I imagined I was going to read about the hardships of the Aztec people, such as the bloody aspect of the practice of human sacrifice. The story is written in the first person. It is easy to see that there are no influences from the thoughts of other authors.
The story is very far removed from the 500 years that separate the Aztec population from modern Mexican culture. The tale is very well-crafted. Juan Pablo Villalobos is persistent and repetitive with certain terms, pushing the limits of what is possible for a coherent understanding. Nonetheless, he managed the development and execution of this short novel in an entertaining way.
February 15th 2026
Ambiance: dark
Rythme: fast-paced
Focus: character-driven