Paradais
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New York : A New Directions Book, 2022.
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New York : A New Directions Book, 2022.
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112 pages ; 21 cm
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"Inside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor-an attractive married woman and mother-while Polo dreams about quitting his grueling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he deserves, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme. Written in a chilling torrent of prose by one of our most thrilling new writers, Paradais explores the explosive fragility of Mexican society-with its racist, classist, hyperviolent tendencies-and how the myths, desires, and hardships of teenagers can tear life apart at the seams"--,Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Melchor, F., & Hughes, S. 1. (2022). Paradais (First edition.). A New Directions Book.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melchor, Fernanda, 1982- and Sophie 1986- Hughes. 2022. Paradais. A New Directions Book.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Melchor, Fernanda, 1982- and Sophie 1986- Hughes. Paradais A New Directions Book, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Melchor, Fernanda, and Sophie 1986- Hughes. Paradais First edition., A New Directions Book, 2022.

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