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Buying Bread with Jokes
Paperback
HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Davis Shyaka Musirikare
Published: May 3 2026
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Mateo is a student with nothing but a notebook and a growling stomach. In a city of glass and gold, he is invisible. To survive the cold nights and the long walks to class, he turns his hunger into a joke. He picks up his phone and tells the world what it's like to eat air for dinner and fix shoes with duct tape.
The world laughs. The world watches. Suddenly, Mateo is a viral sensation-the 'Broke King' of the internet.
But there is a secret behind the screen. To his millions of followers, Mateo is a clever comedian playing a part. In reality, every joke is a cry for help. The hunger is real. The debt is suffocating. The 'character' he created is the only thing keeping him alive, but it is also a mask that is starting to fuse to his skin.
When a powerful talent agency offers him a life of luxury on one condition-that he stays 'broke' for the cameras-Mateo must make a choice. Should he live a comfortable lie or a starving truth?
Buying Bread with Jokes is a moving, cinematic novel about the cost of authenticity in a digital age. It is a story of love, loss, and the incredible resilience of the human spirit. Through the eyes of a boy who turned his pain into a punchline, we discover what it truly means to be rich.
Will Mateo find his voice, or will he become just another product in a world that sells everything-even suffering?
Experience a journey that is addictive, emotional, and unforgettable. This is a story for anyone who has ever felt invisible, and for everyone who believes that the truth is worth more than a million likes.
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