Down the Rabbit Hole, (Paperback)

from kidzdoc

This novella, which was longlisted for this year's Guardian First Book Award, is narrated by Tochtli, an 8 year old boy whose father Yolcaut is a ruthless Mexican drug lord who resides in a heavily guarded mountain hideout. The boy is similarly isolated, as he does not know his mother and has onl...

from kerns222

A new Holden Caulfield at 7 years, son of a small-time Mexican drug lord, living in the lightly populated (14 gunsels) hideaway. Getting tutored about the life and learning big dictionary words: orifice-like the kind bullets make, pathetic-like his life.

from richardderus

Rating: 4* of five The Book Description: "A brief and majestic debut." -Matías Néspolo,  El Mundo Tochtli lives in a palace. He loves hats, samurai, guillotines, and dictionaries, and what he wants more than anything right now is a new pet for his private zoo: a pygmy hippopotamus from Liberia. B...

from jtck121166

Life with a South American drug baron through the all seeing but not all comprehending eyes of his 10 year-old son. I think I myself am too naive to be able to join the dots properly - in the end the truth of the events described remained obscure.

from Samchan

I loved this novella so, so much, and fought the urge to re-read it as soon as I finished (because I had too many other books to complete). The narrative, as channeled through the young son of a drug baron who's cooped up in a large mansion in Mexico, is playful and chuckle-inducing. I'm pretty a...