The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

2009 • 209 pages

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Average rating3.9

15

Welcome to Buenos Aires, a place of nightmares and twisted imaginings, where missing children come back from the dead and unearthed bones carry terrible curses.

Thrumming with murderous intentions, family betrayals and morbid desires, these stories shine a light on a violent city gripped by urban madness; giving voice to the lost, the oppressed and the forgotten. Lucid and darkly poetic, unsettling and otherworldly, these tales of revenge, witchcraft and fetishes are a masterpiece of contemporary Gothic and a bewitching exploration of the dark inclinations that threaten to lead us over the edge.

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Some short stories def worth 4* in this but overall a good 3*

July 25, 2023

meh

February 12, 2024

Uses horror to talk about wider societal issues. Manages to make gore poetic and strangely beautiful. Centers women's perspectives. 

July 28, 2023