{"product_id":"9781922458407","title":"Paradais","description":"Author: Melchor, Fernanda\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781922458407\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: The Text Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 144 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor of the acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eHurricane Season\u003c\/i\u003e, Fernanda Melchor leads us into a different kind of hell: paradise\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasises about seducing his neighbour-an attractive married woman and mother-while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job as a gardener in the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco-controlled village. Facing the impossibility of getting what they think they deserve, Franco and Polo hatch a mindless and macabre scheme.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMelchor is a thrilling writer, her electric prose charged with the power to transform the reader. \u003ci\u003eParadais\u003c\/i\u003e explores the explosive nature of Mexico's brittle society, fractured by issues of race, class and violence-and confronts us with teenagers whose desires and hardships can tear life apart.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48203400872094,"sku":"UBD-9781922458407","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781922458407.jpg?v=1787833903","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781922458407","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}