Description: "A good story and first-rate social science."--New York Times Book Review. A sinisterly funny modern-day Through the Looking Glass that begins with cyanide poisoning and ends in strawberry ice cream.
Brief description: Nominated for a Neustadt Award and the Man Booker International Prize, Cesar Aira was born in Coronel Pringles, Argentina, in 1949. He has published at least eighty books and was most recently the creator of a limited edition, "The Valise," for the Museum of Modern Art, NYC.
Review Quotes: Completed in 1989, Aira's near-memoir is a foreboding fable of life and art.-- "Publishers Weekly"