I'll Sell You a Dog
by Juan Pablo Villalobos
Should I read this?
appears in About Mexico.
Long before he was the taco seller whose ?Gringo Dog? recipe made him famous throughout Mexico City, our hero was an aspiring artist: an artist, that is, till his wouldbe girlfriend was stolen by Diego Rivera, and his dreams snuffed out by his hypochondriac mother. Now our hero is resident in a retirement home, where fending off boredom is far mor...
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appears in About Mexico.
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