I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me by Juan Pablo Villalobos

Author:Juan Pablo Villalobos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: translation;translated fiction;contemporary fiction;literary fiction;novel;crime;gangster;mafia;comedy;humour;campus novel;Mexico;Spain;Mexican literature;Mexican writers;drug dealer;immigration;mother;Yuri Herrera;Alvaro Enrigue;Barcelona;Down the Rabbit Hole;I’ll Sell You a Dog;Quesadillas;Herralde Prize;Roberto Bolano;Roberto Bolaño;Kurt Vonnegut;Malcolm Lowry
Publisher: And Other Stories Publishing
Published: 2020-02-05T11:31:15+00:00

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‌It’s All for My Cousin’s Benefit

Whassup, cousin?, how’re you doing, girl?, how are those Catalans treating you?, have you hit the sales yet?, you best keep your eyes open cause they put the price of clothes up before offering the discounts and you end up paying more.

Hey, cousin, you won’t be put off if I call you cousin, right, cousin?, my cousins’ girlfriends are my cousins too, just like they were really part of the family, I guess you’ve already noticed we’re a real close family. No matter that we haven’t been able to spend time together, that we’ve never met in person, I know you like I’ve known you my whole life, know everything about you, everything, because my little cuz’s told me, we’re real close, my cousin and me, and I guess he’ll have told you everything about me too, I’ve always been his favorite cousin.

I hope you read this, because that means the letter will have gotten to you, they said at the consulate they could pass it on to you if you go in to do your consular registration, write that down, that’s what they call the procedure, it’s important you do it so they can track you down in case there’s any problem and also that way you make the most of it to pick up this letter. Or if the letter arrives later then they have some way of notifying you. So don’t put your registration off till tomorrow, hurry over to the consulate, do it today, and tell my cousin he should register too, those kinds of practical things are the ones he never bothers with, you already know my cousin’s always got his head in the clouds thinking about the immortality of shellfish.

But don’t go telling my dumbass little cuz I’ve written to you, cousin, don’t go telling him about this letter, it’s important that you and me, cousin, we open up a channel for direct communication, without my cousin finding out, but don’t go thinking it’s so’s we can do stuff behind his back, how could you even think that, cousin, my cousin and me we’re like brothers, everything’s for my cousin’s own benefit, cousin. You maybe think you know him well, that cousin of mine, but I know him better than you do and that’s why I’m writing, to tell you a few things and so’s you can help my cousin in this new phase you guys are starting. I know you’ll understand, I know you’re smart and you understand what a shithole life is like, sorry to use that kind of language, but you’re from a modest background and you know very well life isn’t like in those books my cousin likes so much, where even the dumb cockroaches have existential crises. And I hope you’re not going to get defensive, cousin, I’m on your side, and now you and my cousin and me are all going to be a team, we got to stick together, I know you

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