Tears of the Trufflepig

Posted on 19 November 2019 by Fernando A. Flores

Near future South Texas Narcotics are legal and there s a new contraband on the market ancient Olmec artifacts, shrunken indigenous heads, and filtered animals species of animals brought back from extinction to clothe, feed, and generally amuse the very wealthy Esteban Bellacosa has lived in the border town of MacArthur long enough to know to keep quiet and avoid the dangerous syndicates who make their money through trafficking.But his simple life starts to get complicated when the swashbuckling investigative journalist Paco Herbert invites him to come to an illegal underground dinner serving filtered animals Bellacosa soon finds himself in the middle of an increasingly perilous, surreal, psychedelic journey, where he encounters legends of the long disappeared Arana a Indian tribe and their object of worship the mysterious Trufflepig, said to possess strange powers. Free Read [ Tears of the Trufflepig ] author [ Fernando A. Flores ] – kino-fada.fr Olmec colossal headsWikipedia Ill probably reread this at some point and read Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas A dryly philosophical, colorful, and disorienting thriller about grief, survival, and undead animals, says the Kirkus reviewer, yeah, okay, thats close enough.Reviews provided by Olmec colossal heads Wikipedia I l...Nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 In this dystopia, there are three border walls between Mexico and the US, the cartels are holding scientists hostage to make them artificially reproduce strange extinct animals, and the shrunken heads of the local Arana a tribe are in high demand in the world of organized crime on both sides of the border yes, it s weird, and that s just the beginning Enter Esteban Bellacosa, freelance South Texas construction equipment locator and Nominated for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize 2019 In this dystopia, there are three border walls between Mexico and the US, the cartels are holding scientists hostage to make them artificially reproduce strange extinct animals, and the shrunken heads of the local Arana a tribe are in high demand in the world of organized crime on both sides of the border yes, it s weird, and that s just the beginning Enter Esteban Bellacosa, freelance South Texas construction equipment locator and man of all trades He is a widower who lost his daughter to famine, and his brother has been kidnapped by a cartel who intends to turn him into, well, a shrunken head ... When pigs fly, Bellacosa thought That s what the saying used to be, but nowadays we see pigs fly every day Fat super rich, homicidal, stinking of impunity, greedy for evenpower and making the weak suffer The saying should be, When pigs fry their own bacon,a voice peeling down from the kitchen s blue wallpaper seemed to respond.I rarely buy new books, but this one was such a perfect combination of great title great cover, I had to have it I only wish I had enjoyed itDon t When pigs fly, Bellacosa thought That s what the saying used to be, but nowadays we see pigs fly every day Fat super rich, homicidal, stinking of impunity, greedy for evenpower and making the weak suffer The saying should be, When pigs fry their own bacon,a voice peeling down from the kitchen s blue wallpaper seemed to respond.I rarely buy new books, but this one was such a perfect combination of great title great cover, I had to have it I only wish I had enjoyed itDon t get me wrong it was a fine novel I just couldn t get into this strange, vision questy story of wellI don t really know what If I had to sum up this book in one sentence, I couldn t do it I m no...Each page of Fernando A Flores s debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, brims with a confection of absurdity and hilarity In it, Flores places us in near future South Texas where the US has erected a third border wall and Mexican cartels pedal extinct fauna to the ultra rich At its heart is Esteban Bellacosa, a throwback to the swashbuckling vaqueros of elderdays, and Gonzo reporter Paco Herbert both are caught in a conspiracy by these crime syndicates to hijack ancient artifacts, a Each page of Fernando A Flores s debut novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, brims with a confection of absurdity and hilarity In it, Flores places us in near future South Texas where the US has erected a third border wall and Mexican cartels pedal extinct fauna to the ultra rich At its heart is Esteban Bellacosa, a throwback to the swashbuckling vaqueros of elderdays, and Gonzo reporter Paco Herbert both are caught in a conspiracy by these crime syndicates to hijack ancient artifacts, a con...It wasnt some monster or cheap science fiction alien conquest, but people creating all the horror, enslaving one another at all cost in a world whereandsyndicates and absolute power reigned supreme.In cities close to the Mexican and US border in southern Texas, science and technology have overtaken morality Shortly after the year of the world food shortage, which killed off a fifth of the worlds population, and the legalization of drugs in the west, filteringthe artificial It wasn t some monster or cheap science fiction alien conquest, but people creating all the horror, enslaving one another at all cost in a world whereandsyndicates and absolute power reigned supreme In cities close to the Mexican and US border in southern Texas, science and technology have overtaken morality Shortly after the year of the world food shortage, which killed off a fifth of the world s population, and the legalization of drugs in the west, filtering the artificial production of an organic substance had been explored to speed up the growth not only of fruits and vegetables but also of animals for corporate farming Instead of utilizing this new science to improve the world, syndicates, much like drug cartels, spring up R enegades, the scientists go on to duplicate and filter a variety of animals classified as extinct, all smuggled out of the country and sold to rich collectors and enthusiasts, bored and eager to show off their wealth It seems sc...This is the blood South Texas makes you sweat This is the blood South Texas makes you sweat like a dose, this book sneaks up on you KIRKUS in surprisingly spot on namecheckery says Warren Ellis and Jeff Vandermeer, with a rustic patina that nods to the likes of Jonathan Lethems well worn detectives or this from Harper s a cross between Philip K Dicks Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheepand a narconovela In Tears of the Trufflepig, the metaphor and actuality of the borderlands shimmer together into a vision of haptic, granular, and superbly controlled, convincing reality A like a dose, this book sneaks up on you KIRKUS in surprisingly spot on namecheckery says Warren Ellis and Jeff Vandermeer, with a rustic patina that nods to the likes of Jonathan Lethem s well worn detectives or this from Harper s a cross between Philip K Dick s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheepand a narconovela In Tears of the Trufflepig, the metaphor and actuality of the borderlands shimmer together into a vision of haptic, granular, and superbly ...so much to undoubtedly unpack here, but the way this marvelously hallucinogenic novel portrayed and revered each and every female character was by and large the greatest delight.I loved this book I loved the weird, futuristic feel to it I loved the premise I loved the prose I will be watching Fernando Flores career with interest.

19 November 2019

Fernando A. Flores