Placeholder text

Go to cart

Dengue Boy

By Michel Nieva

Product Image: Dengue Boy

Dengue Boy

0 - Used - good
Description
AN IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK TO CATCH YOUR IMAGINATION 'A psychedelic fever dream' ESQUIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK '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, savage flair, Dengue Boy blends body horror and cyberpunk to deliver an extraordinary portrait of a demented future. Translated from Spanish by Rahul Bery
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2025-02-20
Publication Date:
2025-02-20
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1805220586
ISBN13:
9781805220589
Weight:
202 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
195 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
Currently sold out