First published 2007
A young bohemian writer watches his beautiful novel filled with guns, chases, poker games, and exuberant punks lose Catalunya's most important narrative prize to a terrible book stuffed with stale themes about returning to origins, shadows of the past, and fear of loving again. Now broke and defeated, he has no choice but to seek help from his family and return to his roots. But his journey home becomes something else entirely when he gets caught up in an adventure involving firearms, high-speed pursuits, and a punk girl who transforms his planned "homecoming novel" into the most irreverent story ever written by a loser. What starts as a reluctant retreat becomes a wild ride that upends everything he thought he knew about storytelling and life.
Genres: fiction, adventure, crime, contemporary
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, reluctant-hero
Setting: Catalunya
91 pages · Paperback · Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Content warnings: violence