In Los ultimos dias de La Prensa, Jaime Baylys third published novel, we find all the narrative qualities we have come to expect from Bayly but in an entirely different setting: This time we are not faced with a novel centered on bisexuality and cocaine. Rather, we find ourselves caught in the midst of sordid journalism, with all its satirical and burlesque reporting, as seen by a teenager who chooses this grimy and ludicrous context to initiate his voyage into adulthood and even his initiation into the arts of love. Humor ...
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In Los ultimos dias de La Prensa, Jaime Baylys third published novel, we find all the narrative qualities we have come to expect from Bayly but in an entirely different setting: This time we are not faced with a novel centered on bisexuality and cocaine. Rather, we find ourselves caught in the midst of sordid journalism, with all its satirical and burlesque reporting, as seen by a teenager who chooses this grimy and ludicrous context to initiate his voyage into adulthood and even his initiation into the arts of love. Humor and the absurd find the ideal vehicle in the extraordinary narrative skill present in the authors work.
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