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The Story of My Teeth
By by Valeria Luiselli
184 pages;
Coffee House Press
Translated by Christina MacSweeney
The hero of this ambitious fun-house of a novel set in Mexico is Gustavo "Highway" Sánchez Sánchez, an auctioneer, journeyman, and fabulist who's had Marilyn Monroe's teeth implanted in his mouth. Chew on that.
— Dotun Akintoye
Published 01/22/2016
