A review by juperez
Down the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo Villalobos

5.0

'Down the Rabbit Hole' is a "devastating" and "sordid" little book about a boy's sheltered (or, well, maybe not-so-sheltered) life among the drug-dealing associates of his father and others. Obsessed with pygmy hippopotamuses, samurai films and hats, Tochtli is idealistic, living out a machismo fantasy, that is, until those invisible walls start crashing down. This novella is an absolutely perfect distillation of alienation and growing up.