Sketching fresh interpretations of the sociocultural landscape of the United States, reowned Costa Rican author Uriel Quesada follows characters dealing with bureaucracy and business efficiency, corruption and abuse, all in vivid, often absurd situations. A group of Latin American students at Tulane University plans to disrupt a presentaiton by Borges. A queer antiques dealer in New Orleans goes to jail, but not for breaking the law against sodomy in force at the time in Louisiana. Containing Quesada's original Spanish with a rewarding translation by Elaine S. Brooks, this bilingual edition brings the thought-provoking stories of an award-winning writer to US readers.