Dengue Boy [electronic resource] : 'Smart, funny and brutal' Mariana Enríquez
Michel Nieva2025
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AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK TO CATCH YOUR IMAGINATION IN 2025
'A psychedelic fever dream' ESQUIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025
'A wildly original anti-capitalist satire' GUARDIAN
'A rip-roaring satire of late capitalism and humanity's unerring instinct for
self-sabotage' IRISH TIMES
'An incandescent imagination' VALERIA LUISELLI
The year is 2272. New York and Buenos Aires were submerged years ago and the
Patagonian archipelagos are the only habitable lands on Earth. Here, Dengue Boy
is a humanoid mosquito whose monstrous appearance repulses everyone, including
his own mother.
As the world spirals to its end, Dengue Boy searches for the meaning of his life
and his true origins. Elsewhere, adults exploit the value of pandemics on the
Stock Exchange and waste the last of Earth's resources, while their privileged
children plug into virtual realities and stream violent video games. For readers
of China Miéville, Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enríquez, with joyful, s...
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Author:
Michel Nieva, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Serpent's Tail, 2025
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (780.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781805220596
Language:
English
BRN:
528710
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