by Eugenia Rico · SUMA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483654446
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«El beso del canguro» is the picaresque novel by Eugenia Rico, published by SUMA in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Lázaro, a 21st-century picaro, waiter and drug dealer, goes from master to master seeking love. Between tenderness and promiscuity, drugs, prostitutes, mobsters and corrupt politicians, he tries to escape a family curse. A picaresque novel that pays homage to Lazarillo de Tormes, with a raw, sensual and philosophical style.
Published on April 14, 2016 in the Conspicua collection.
Suitable for readers aged 16 and over interested in contemporary Spanish fiction.
Eugenia Rico is a Spanish novelist, screenwriter and journalist. She is one of the most internationally translated Spanish writers of her generation, with novels published in over twelve languages across Europe and Latin America. Her 2008 novel Aunque seamos malditas has been widely acclaimed by international critics as a pioneering work of existential feminism, recognized for anticipating themes of the "Me Too" movement and being adopted into major academic curricula, including at Georgetown University.
