Chilean Poet

"This book paints a beautiful, hilarious, sometimes excruciating portrait of what it means to be a cliche at different stages in your life. There’s the teenager who can’t get over a heartbreak, the young adult trying to outrun their nerdy youth, the overwhelmed new dad, the dad who leaves, the dad who doesn’t know how to come back, the son who pretends not to care. And of course, the tortured poet. Alejandro Zambra makes all of these stages feel rich and human, and the characters never become too old – or too stuck in their ways – to outgrow themselves."