pickThis is sort of funny and a little inappropriate. But it's not really on the same level of awesomeness as Down the Rabbit Hole. Which I am afraid has set my expectations rather high.
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pickThis is sort of funny and a little inappropriate. But it's not really on the same level of awesomeness as Down the Rabbit Hole. Which I am afraid has set my expectations rather high.
"He was spectacularly ugly, like the caricature of a despot drawn by an artist troubled by the atrocities of war, so ugly it was depressing, because it implied that beauty was a moral attribute."
"One of the indisputable advantages of being old is that most people end up taking pity on little old men, even if they don‘t deserve it. It‘s enough to make you become a serial killer."
"He let his knife fall, looked up and quivered behind his apron covered in blood as if his ribcage were a barrel full of tacks in an earthquake."
Today in odd similes.
"If Gorky were alive he‘d be shocked at the price of beer in museum cafés."
"The greengrocer had made rebellion her way of life and her principal source of income: I never saw her sell a single vegetable that was in the least bit edible. Instead, she acted as the official supplier to every riot."
"‘You can‘t write a novel without reading novels!‘ she declared.
'Perfect! Two birds with one stone!'"
She's convinced, despite his best efforts to disillusion her, that he's writing a novel. ?
"I had acquired the bad habit of trying to resolve all quarrels by reciting paragraphs from Aesthetic Theory. So far I‘d dispatched more than one telemarketing agent, several street sellers, dozens of insurance salesmen and someone who wanted to sell me a plot for my own grave in six instalments."
Vote in comments! I listed and numbered the titles left to right in first comment. My tbr is huge so I just set my to read shelf in random and screenshot the first page.
Edited to add: completely arbitrary votes are more than welcome 😂
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pickI don't love this as much as QUESADILLAS but it's still great. Much of the humor comes from the attack on elitism (a group of book snobs torments the narrator who "just" sold tacos for a living before ending up in crappy retirement apartment complex.)
pickEin herrlich skurriler Roman, bei dem die Lachtränen garantiert sind: Ich verkauf dir einen Hund von Juan Pablo Villalobos, erschienen im Berenberg Verlag
http://renies-lesetagebuch.blogspot.de/2016/10/juan-pablo-villalobos-ich-verkauf...
pickA fun and fantastic read about three of my favorite things: art, comedy, and tacos. Loved it.
Nachos and a book! 🌮 I'm really excited to start this new Villalobos book, which is supposed to be about a man in a retirement home who in his youth was known for selling his Gringo Dog tacos. He now goes on antics in his retirement community. I really enjoyed his last book, Quesadillas, so I'm looking forward to what I'm sure will be sharp satire about Mexican culture. 🐕
#BookMail is the best mail! 📬
Look what @Notafraidofwords sent me! Yanira's the best. 😘 I can't wait to dig into this one. I loved Juan Pablo Villalobos' QUESADILLAS. It was such snarky & intelligent satire. Thank you! 🐕
#WNDB #WeNeedDiverseBooks #LatinxBooks #AuthorsofColor #TranslatedBooks #Mexico
I don't have much space (I live in the east coast) and I usually give away my books after I'm done. Anyone in litsy want me to mail them these. I won't be able to mail until Saturday, let me know if anyone is interested.
I've been digging into the Edinburgh Book Festival brochure these past few days & can't wait for tickets to go on sale!
Also received the upcoming Juan Pablo Villalobos book from & Other Stories – it's out early August & I think I'm going to love it!
