Magnetized by Carlos Busqued | Review
Sarah B. Puschmann
He was happiest when gnawed on by a beast. / But that was just a trick of the light.
Iosi Havilio
Paradises might be a reimagining of Camus’ Outsider – but in female form and living in 21st-century Buenos Aires. Is this life in the shadows, an underworld of cut-price Christmases, drugs and dealers, or is this simply life? And why do snakes seem to be invading every aspect of it?
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It’s a pleasure to enter into this warped universe and the stoned, passive amorality that runs through it blends seamlessly with its laconic narrative voice.
Carlos Busqued
During the weeks that followed, Cetarti slept a lot. When he was awake he was high, and he spent almost all of his time (along with the wreckage of his attention) moving between the television and the fish tank.