: It’s a visceral, uncomfortable, and brilliantly crude dive into the human psyche. If you are looking for polite literature, look elsewhere; if you want a book that screams at you from the page, this is it.
: Rather than just being about infidelity, these stories often use the figure of the "corno" (cuckold) as a vehicle for humor or deep-seated existential angst [18, 24]. It fluctuates between being hilariously absurd and painfully raw [25].
: The writing is often led by an unapologetic, aging narrator (like Crasso in Hilst's work) who aims to record their memories in the "most vulgar way possible" [23]. It’s a deliberate choice to produce what the author calls "personal trash" to mirror the perceived moral decay of the world [23].