The Past Pursues Us Like Detectives, Debt Collectors, Thieves
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ISBN10: 1916751458
ISBN13: 9781916751453
Publisher: And Other Stories
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781916751453
Publisher: And Other Stories
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
A comic thriller where, too many craft beers and one crappy punch later, a dutiful trip back home to family spirals into a baffling whirlwind of murder, pills and fraud. After many peaceful years abroad, JP has returned home to Mexico to visit family and help care for his elderly mother. Instead, however, he finds himself at a bar, his fist inches from the face of Everardo, his sort-of childhood friend. He lands the blow and runs home. But when Everardo turns up dead the next morning, JP soon finds himself blamed for a murder that he (probably) didn't commit. What's going on? Can Lagos really be more full of drugs, extortion, and fraud than when he left? Why is everyone offering him pills? How's he ever going to pay for his mother's medical treatment? It wasn't even that good a punch!
Weaving outright hilarity with wry tenderness, The Past Pursues Us is a fast-paced and funny whodunit that lovingly speaks to the stories we tell ourselves about home: about what changes, what doesn't, and what should.
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