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Book SynopsisAs he runs wildly amok, Aira captures childhood’s treasures — the reality of the fable and the delirium of invention — in this hilariously funny book.
Trade Review"A first reaction to this virtuosic confection is to delight in its cascade of images and the sheer craziness of a roller-coaster sequence of events that all seem so plausible. César Aira, an Argentine writer of fiction and literary criticism, is the obvious heir to Jorge Luis Borges. Along with a daring sense of fun, Aira has a playful imagination and the ability to spin a yarn as intricate as a spider’s web." -- Eileen Battersby - The Irish Times
"His brutal humor and off-kilter sense of beauty make his stories slip down like spiked cream puffs." -- Natasha Wimmer - The New York Times
"Aira is firmly in the tradition of Jorge Luis Borges and W. G. Sebald, those great late modernists for whom fiction was a theater of ideas." -- Mark Doty - The Los Angeles Times
"Aira’s voice is clear, his characters are palpable, and his ideas —elucidations on literary theory, existential ruminations, and thought experiments — are evocative and infectious." -- Cristóbal McKinney - ZYZZYVA
"Once you start reading Aira, you don’t want to stop." -- Roberto Bolaño
