Status Updates From Dengue Boy: A Novel

this is so good! very fast paced and weird!!!

‘At that time in history, virofinancial capitalism was by far the most lucrative activity on Earth. Viral speculation was enjoying a golden age—the La Pampa Stock Exchange, the herculean efforts by experienced virofinanciers to predict—using algorithms, the type and volume of sales that would be generated by the disease, turned the aforementioned pandemic into a gold mine for this field of financial activity. Thus—’

buzzzzz

‘—the confusing reality that these people were celebrating a disease—brokers were, indeed—celebrating—the value of Paraguayan encephalitis shares—rocketing to record, unsurpassed highs, for just minutes ago it had been revealed that this infectious agent, recently originated in Paraguay, had just emerged in Angola—Zimbabwe and Gabon, and as a result—would find themselves urgently needing to buy vaccines—medications'

This book was fucking insane I can tell it’s going to be in my top 5 for the year

Watched superplomber's video where she mentioned reading this book last month. My library had an ebook on Libby so I decided to give it a read.

That first chapter...man...it just chucks you in there huh?

wow ok so far this has the potential to be one of the very very few books that is too weird for me, but time will tell

my hairstylist recommended and I gotta read before my next appointment

Una escritura punzante, creativa, irónica y divertida que no escasea en imaginación (y, encima, se desarrolla en la Pampa Argentina)