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
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Michel Nieva is an Argentinian writer based in New York, where he teaches at NYU. A Granta Best Young Spanish-Language Novelist and also a 2022 O. Henry Award Winner, Nieva has published short stories and essays. Dengue Boy is his debut novel.
Rahul Bery translates from Spanish & Portuguese to English, and is based in Cardiff. He has translated books by David Trueba, Afonso Cruz, Simone Campos and Vicente Luis Mora and his translations have also appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, Stinging Fly, Granta and elsewhere. His translation of David Trueba's Rolling Fields was shortlisted for the 2021 TA First Translation Prize.