• 29 Ways to Drown

    29 Ways to Drown is the debut collection of Niki Aguirre, featuring 10 short stories spanning the US, London and Latin America. Purchase at Amazon.co.uk

29 Ways to Drown

Influenced by a Latin American literary tradition steeped in magic realism, but embracing a personal history that has included living in Chicago, Cadiz, Guayaquil and London, this collection of short stories reveal a writer with an incredible range, humour and balance.

Niki Aguirre’s stories convey a gritty, often scientifically-sophisticated world with a touch of surrealism. Shamans parade the pages side-by-side with lovesick film buffs, papers and humans fly at will, and intellectual and professional quests lead to self-destruction.

Whether it is a boy trapped at age fourteen after a botched attempt to capture time, an organic seed distributor entrapping an errant lover with a replica pre-Columbian artefact, or a woman attempting to drown herself in a water aerobics class in London, these stories grip by their absolute logic and the sheer absurdity of the inevitable truths they unravel.

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