Down the Rabbit Hole

Juan Pablo Villalobos was born in Mexico in 1973. He’s the author of Down the Rabbit Hole (2011) and Quesadillas (2013), both published by And Other Stories. His novels have been translated into fifteen languages. He writes for several publications including Letras Libres, Gatopardo, Granta and the English Pen blog, and translates Brazilian literature into Spanish. He has lived in Barcelona and Brazil, and is now back in Spain. He is married with two Mexican-Brazilian-Italian-Catalan children.

'Down the Rabbit Hole is a miniature high-speed experiment with perspective ... a deliberate, wild attack on the conventions of literature.' Adam Thirlwell---'This is a novel about failing to understand the bigger picture, and in its absence we can see it more clearly.' Nicholas Lezard, Choice of the Week, The Guardian ----'Juan Pablo Villalobos brilliantly encapsulates the chaos of a lawless existence in which anything might happen and everything goes.' Lucy Popescu, The Independent----'The cumulative parodic effect is chillingly powerful.' Edward King, Sunday Times----'Villalobos creates Tochtli's half-corrupt, half-innocent world with a brilliant, tragi-comic light touch.' Jane Shilling, Daily Mail----'A novel that breaks our hearts (which we knew were broken, but still hurt) and invites us to both laugh and think.' El Economista