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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli, Christina MacSweeney (transl.)

The Story of My Teeth
Man, this book is weird. An auctioneer named Highway works at a juice factory and is obsessed with teeth. He collects teeth, he auctions off teeth, and he even has Marilyn Monroe's teeth implanted into his own mouth. (gross!) In addition, there are creepy clowns, a terrible son named Siddhartha, and extravagant stories about the teeth and the people who (supposedly) owned them. Interesting for the Mexican cultural references, but all around an odd little book.

Surreal. Bizarre. You're probably either going to love it or hate it.

195 pages