Praise for Tarantula Dua Lipa's Service95 "Must-Read Books" selection Literary Hub "New Books" selection BookBrowse "New and Notable Books" selection The Millions & Latinx in Publishing "Most Anticipated" selection Jewish Book Council "Recommended Reading" selection "Challenging and provocative." -- Damon Galgut, Times Literary Supplement "Audacious. A short, dense puzzle of a book . brilliantly translated by Daniel Hahn." -- Observer "Tickles the brain and chills the heart at the same time." -- Times "Unflinchingly relevant." -- On the Seawall "An unsettling story, without specific or easy answers. Powerful, well-conceived.
" -- Complete Review "Fast-paced and dark, with an undertone of violent menace that simmers quietly beneath the page without ever quite bubbling over. Masterful." -- Jewish Book Council "Powerful. A darkly unsettling but highly readable novel by a leading voice in Latin American fiction." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Resonant. Reflects on the effects of inherited trauma and victimhood. It's a breath of fresh air." -- Publishers Weekly "Halfon attempts to understand why his summer camp morphed into a concentration camp, complete with string quartet.
He also probes the integral role that Judaism and his Guatemalan roots play in his writing." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Halfon uses metafictional elements and a cinematographic perspective to pose tough questions." -- Booklist "This novel about a violent and traumatic childhood episode is eerily current--the questions it raises about identity, resistance, and history are both deeply personal and universal." -- Mariana Enríquez , author of Our Share of Night and Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave "An extraordinary book. What begins as a shocking story reveals itself as a sidelong, mysterious meditation on trauma, vengeance, and the terrible capacity of the past to shape the present." -- Olivia Laing , author of Crudo and The Silver Book "Chilling. A story set in the Guatemalan jungle that resonates in Gaza, in Donbas, anywhere victims end up resembling their own executioners." -- Santiago Roncagliolo , author of Red April Select Praise for Eduardo Halfon "One of the most talented and exciting writers of our time.
" -- Christopher Merrill , director of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa "Halfon is a brilliant storyteller." -- Daniel Alarcón "Halfon's prose is as delicate, precise, and ineffable as precocious art, a lighthouse that illuminates everything." -- Francisco Goldman "It is not often that one encounters such a mix of personal engagement and literary passion, or pain and tenderness." -- Andrés Neuman "Elegant." -- Marie Claire "Engrossing." -- NBC Latino "Fantastic." -- NPR Alt.Latino "Revelatory.
" -- New York Times Book Review "Deeply accessible, deeply moving." -- Los Angeles Times "Offer[s] surprise and revelation at every turn." -- Reader's Digest "One senses Kafka's ghost, along with Bolaño's, lingering in the shadows. [Halfon's] books, which take on such dark subjects, are so enjoyable to read." -- New York Review of Books.