Shantytown – César Aira

Fall forward into one of the stranger stories you’ll encounter this year – or any other.

Maxi, a young man from the middle classes of Buenos Aires, collects used cardboard, lifts weights, busts a drug ring, but can’t seem to surprise a sleeping street kid. Makes sense, right?

No?

Who cares – no plot outline is going to tell you what’s actually in the book.

Different.