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A review by discomagpie
Bad Nature, or with Elvis in Mexico by Javier Marías
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
I rated this book 5/5 stars on InsatiableBooksluts.com.
Review excerpt (from a Death Match post against [b:Varamo|341664|Varamo (Narrativas Hispanicas)|César Aira|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173894681s/341664.jpg|332032] by César Aira):
"Bad Nature is a day-in-the-life-gone-wrong tale that follows the narrator through the most life-changing day in his existence. ...“Roy Berry,” the name American coworkers gave the narrator to replace the hard-to-pronounce Ruibérriz, has been hired as a language coach for none other than Elvis Presley, who is to star in a film entitled Fun in Acapulco. Elvis, apparently, has decided that he wants a Spanish accent, a classy European accent, rather than a Mexican accent, and Elvis gets what Elvis wants. Roy, being from Spain, is tapped for the job, which includes six weeks in Acapulco alongside the King. This job sounds like heaven; unfortunately for Roy, things take a terribly wrong turn one night when a member of the Elvis entourage offends a Mexican gangster in a bar with some salacious (and hilarious) dancing. Roy is forced to translate the proceedings for both parties. The words 'fat f**got' may or may not come into play."
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Review excerpt (from a Death Match post against [b:Varamo|341664|Varamo (Narrativas Hispanicas)|César Aira|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173894681s/341664.jpg|332032] by César Aira):
"Bad Nature is a day-in-the-life-gone-wrong tale that follows the narrator through the most life-changing day in his existence. ...“Roy Berry,” the name American coworkers gave the narrator to replace the hard-to-pronounce Ruibérriz, has been hired as a language coach for none other than Elvis Presley, who is to star in a film entitled Fun in Acapulco. Elvis, apparently, has decided that he wants a Spanish accent, a classy European accent, rather than a Mexican accent, and Elvis gets what Elvis wants. Roy, being from Spain, is tapped for the job, which includes six weeks in Acapulco alongside the King. This job sounds like heaven; unfortunately for Roy, things take a terribly wrong turn one night when a member of the Elvis entourage offends a Mexican gangster in a bar with some salacious (and hilarious) dancing. Roy is forced to translate the proceedings for both parties. The words 'fat f**got' may or may not come into play."
Read the full review at our site, and see who won the Death Match!