The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE Beautiful horrible... the most exciting discovery Ive made in fiction for some time Kazuo Ishiguro Smoky carnal dazzling Lauren Groff 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. There is some serious power in this writing Daisy Johnson Review After youve lived in Enriquezs marvellous brain for the time it takes to read The Dangers of Smoking in Bed the known world feels ratcheted a few degrees off centre. Smoky carnal and dazzling -- Lauren Groff author of Fates and FuriesI loved these twisted lustful whispers in the dark. There is serious power in this writing -- Daisy Johnson author of SistersA weird and wonderful exploration of contemporary horror - cities falling apart society turning on itself the loneliness of the internet age. But more than that: these stories are fun. Wild triggering sinister button-pushing fun -- Lisa McInerney author of The Glorious HeresiesRotting little ghosts heartbeat fetishes curses and witches and meat: each of these stories is a luscious bewitching nightmare. I adore this book -- Kirsty Logan author of The GracekeepersEnriquezs work: tainted rivers corrupted streets spoiled meat slain children deeply registers the horror of known commonplace. She writes her stories based in the atmosphere of truth with a darkly descriptive poetic turn -- Patti SmithEnriquez is a mesmerizing writer who demands to be read. Like Bolaño she is interested in matters of life and death and her fiction hits with the full force of a train -- Dave Eggers author of The CircleSpine-tingling but stunning... these glittering gothic stories are a force to be reckoned with and Enriquezs talent and fearlessness is something to behold ―Financial TimesBrilliantly unsettling... Tricking us into waiting for a ghost to put out its head Enriquez surprises us with real horror -- Chris Power ―GuardianReminds us what a remarkable and twisted instrument [Enriquezs] imagination is... A heady brew -- Jane Graham ―Big IssueWhen it comes to book reviewing clichés the word haunting is surely one of the tattiest yet Mariana Enriquezs newly translated short story collection restores to that tired adjective all its most mysterious fearful strangeness... an arrestingly original talent -- Hephzibah Anderson ―ObserverA twisted mix of nightmarish desires and ink-black gothic... that will leave you shaken but secretly rather thrilled. Everything about these tales feels shockingly alive... Darkly comic ―The Times[Mariana Enriquez] reaffirms her claim to the title of queen of Latin American gothic ―Financial Times[A] spine-tingling luminous collection whose enthralling characters all dance across the spectral line between our world and the beyond -- Best books of 2021 ―Oprah DailyArgentinian writer Mariana Enriquez is a highly persuasive cinematic and visceral spell-caster with an apparent desire to plant immovable nightmarish seeds in the brains of her readers... The Dangers of Smoking in Bed showcase[s] her extraordinary imagination ―Big Issue About the Author Mariana Enriquez is an award-winning Argentine novelist and journalist whose work has been translated into more than twenty languages. She is the author ofThings We Lost in the Fire and her novelOur Share of the Night which was awarded the prestigious 2019 Premio