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"[S]trange and elegant. . . . París brilliantly explores memory, masculinity, and familial drama in equal measure. The result is an affecting account of arrested development." –Publishers Weekly
"A Dostoyevskian tale set in the Mexico City of today." –Kirkus
"In Daniel Saldaña París's resonant novel Ramifications, an eventful summer has ripple effects that last decades. . . . a rich, smart, and satisfying rendering of abandonment and loss, whose effects reverberate through time." –Foreword Reviews
"[A] sinister little book suffused with a biting humor and morbid curiosity. This &;lsquo;mom-gone-missing' story reels you in only to ensnare you into the dark corners of a neurotic young man's mind. I couldn't help but fall completely headlong into this rousing carousel of toxic machismo and emotional depravity–more please!" –Uriel Perez,
BookPeople>Praise for Among Strange Victims
"Brief, brilliantly written, and kissed by a sense of the absurd. . . . Like a much lazier, Mexico City version of Dostoevsky's Underground Man." –NPR Fresh Air
"Great fun are the jabs at academia, Mexico City and the dusty town where the action, or inaction, moves after Rodrigo meets Marcelo, a Spanish cretin with a Ph.D. in aesthetics. These flameless flâneurs humph and hump, personifying urban malaise." –New York Times Sunday Book Review
"Full of odd twists and surprises. Among the high points are Saldaña París' exasperated but affectionate paeans to 'the immense, beautiful city' that is Mexico's capital. Though a study of slothfulness and its discontents, a welcome book on which the author has clearly expended energy." –Kirkus
"The novel takes some bizarre turns as Marcelo leads Rodrigo into experiments involving drugs, tequila, hypnosis and more, all in the name of transformation. If the young man's notion of radical change is to take part in his life rather than observe it from afar, he's off to a good start." –New York Times
"Saldaña París's first novel to be translated Stateside is a leisurely story of slacking off that's nicely conveyed in a sharp, cynical tone. . . . Read this messy, shaggy picaresque for its ample page-by-page pleasures, which include devilishly clever syntax, a charming tendency to digress, and satisfying flashes of Rodrigo and Marcelo getting their act together." –Publishers Weekly
"For all Saldaña París' sharp wit, Among Strange Victims is about waking up to the world's brighter possibilities." –NPR
