'An incandescent imagination' Valeria Luiselli The year is 2272. New York and Buenos Aires were submerged years ago and the Patagonian archipelagos are the only habitable lands on Earth. Here, Dengue Boy is a humanoid mosquito whose monstrous appearance repulses everyone, including his own mother. As the world spirals to its end, Dengue Boy searches for the meaning of his life and his true origins. Elsewhere, adults exploit the value of pandemics on the Stock Exchange and waste the last of Earth's resources, while their privileged children plug into virtual realities and stream violent video games. For readers of China Mieville, Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez, with joyful, savage flair, Dengue Boy blends body horror and cyberpunk to deliver an extraordinary portrait of a demented future.

Borges meets Samanta Schweblin and Mariana Enriquez in this boldly imaginative punk dystopia

About the Author
Michel Nieva is an Argentinian writer based in New York, where he teaches at NYU. A Granta Best Young Spanish-Language Novelist and also a 2022 O. Henry Award Winner, Nieva has published short stories and essays. Dengue Boy is his debut novel.

Reviews
Michel Nieva goes all out with this steampunk book ... Smart, funny and brutal -- Mariana Enriquez, author of Our Share of Night
An incandescent imagination, illuminating the strangeness of all that surrounds us with a precise balance of tension and tenderness -- Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive
The book of a genius -- Enrique Vila-Matas, author of Montano's Malady



Book Information
ISBN 9781805220589
Author Michel Nieva
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Serpent's Tail
Publisher Profile Books Ltd