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I Don`t Expect Anyone to Believe Me
EN NWISBN: 9781911508489 bzw. 1911508482, in Englisch, And Other Stories, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigtes Königreich Großbritannien und Nordirland, 3-5 days.
`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.
`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.
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I Don't Expect Anyone To Believe Me
EN NWISBN: 9781911508489 bzw. 1911508482, in Englisch, And Other Stories, neu.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, In Stock, plus shipping.
Juan Pablo Villalobos, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, I Don't Expect Anyone To Believe Me, Like some literary Buster Keaton, Villalobos's impassive façade will have you in stitches in this reality-twisting immigrant's tale.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 pistol-toting gangsters are threatening his cousin, who is gagged and tied to a chair. They say Juan Pablo must work for them. His mission? To make Laia, a Mexican student in Barcelona and the daughter of a corrupt politician, fall in love with him-so he can spy on her. However, this being a Villalobos novel, naturally Juan Pablo and the crime boss first discuss the role of humor in twentieth century literature. In this novel the bad guys are not going to be whom you expect. No one is.A mash-up combining elements of the campus novel with the gangster thriller, Villalobos takes a satirical, sidelong look at immigration in Europe with inimitable wit. Winner of Spain's prestigious Herralde Prize, I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me is Villalobos at his clever, comic best.
Juan Pablo Villalobos, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Literary, I Don't Expect Anyone To Believe Me, Like some literary Buster Keaton, Villalobos's impassive façade will have you in stitches in this reality-twisting immigrant's tale.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 pistol-toting gangsters are threatening his cousin, who is gagged and tied to a chair. They say Juan Pablo must work for them. His mission? To make Laia, a Mexican student in Barcelona and the daughter of a corrupt politician, fall in love with him-so he can spy on her. However, this being a Villalobos novel, naturally Juan Pablo and the crime boss first discuss the role of humor in twentieth century literature. In this novel the bad guys are not going to be whom you expect. No one is.A mash-up combining elements of the campus novel with the gangster thriller, Villalobos takes a satirical, sidelong look at immigration in Europe with inimitable wit. Winner of Spain's prestigious Herralde Prize, I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me is Villalobos at his clever, comic best.
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