Juan Pablo Villalobos is a Mexican author whose work masterfully blends diverse intellectual pursuits. His writing delves into the unexpected, examining subjects ranging from the mundane to the avant-garde with a distinctive and often humorous perspective. Villalobos skillfully navigates the complexities of culture, literature, and everyday life, offering readers a unique lens through which to view the world. His literary output is characterized by its sharp wit and intellectual curiosity.
What Tochtli wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his private zoo: a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia. But Tochtli is growing up in his drug baron father's luxury hideout, shared with hit men and dealers. Down the Rabbit Hole, a masterful and darkly-comic first novel, is the chronicle of a delirious journey to grant a child's wish.
Orestes' mother prepares hundreds of quesadillas for Orestes and the rest of their brood. After another fraudulent election and the disappearance of his younger brothers Castor and Pollux, he heads off on an adventure. With Quesadillas, Juan Pablo Villalobos serves up a madcap satire of politics, big families and what it means to be middle-class.