Juan Pablo Villalobos's fifth novel adopts a gentle, fable-like
tone, approaching the problem of racism from the perspective that
any position as idiotic as xenophobia can only be fought with sheer
absurdity. In an unnamed city, colonised by an unnamed world power,
an immigrant named Gaston makes his living selling exotic
vegetables to eateries around the city. He has a dog called Kitten,
who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a good friend called
Max, who's in a deep depression after being forced to close his
restaurant. Meanwhile, Max's son, Pol, a scientist away on a
scientific expedition into the Arctic, can offer little support.
Gaston begins a quest, or rather three: he must search for someone
to put his dog to sleep humanely; he must find a space in which to
open a new restaurant with Max; and he must look into the truth
behind the news being sent back by Pol: that human life may be the
by-product of an ancient alien attempt at colonisation . . . and
those aliens might intend to make a return visit.
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