{"product_id":"9781911508489","title":"I Don't Expect Anyone To Believe Me","description":"Author: Juan Pablo Villalobos\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781911508489\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: And Other Stories\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 356\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I don't expect anyone to believe me,' warns the narrator of this novel, a Mexican student called Juan Pablo Villalobos.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is about to fly to Barcelona on a scholarship when he's kidnapped in a bookshop and whisked away by thugs to a basement. The gangsters are threatening his cousin\u0026amp;nbsp;- a wannabe entrepreneur known to some as 'Projects' and to others as 'dickhead' - who is gagged and tied to a chair. The thugs say Juan Pablo must work for them. His mission? To make Laia, the daughter of a corrupt politician, fall in love with him. He accepts...though not before the crime boss has forced him at gunpoint into a discussion on the limits of humour in literature.\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart campus novel, part gangster thriller,\u003ci\u003e I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me\u003c\/i\u003e is Villalobos at his best. Exuberantly foul-mouthed and intellectually agile, this hugely entertaining novel finds the light side of difficult subjects\u0026amp;nbsp;- immigration, corruption, family loyalty and love\u0026amp;nbsp;- in a world where the difference between comedy and tragedy depends entirely on who's telling the joke.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46857133785246,"sku":"ADS-9781911508489","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781911508489.jpg?v=1779155648","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781911508489","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}