Set mostly in lush heady Colombia but even in a jungle-like New York City they yoke together the fates of guerrilla soldiers rich kids rabbits hostages bourgeois expats & drug dealers Interconnected yet fractured in places the result is a narrative jigsaw puzzle with some of the pieces missing or a kaleidoscope where different characters spin into focus as they take turns to come into focus Her characters' voices are completely haunting
- & Pachico's playfulness with language & mastery of consciousness create a mesmerising collective atmosphere in this collection At once terse & tender with a manic crazed energy these stories will scalpel their way into your memory