The Story of My TeethValeria LuiselliLabel: Granta BooksDescription: Gustavo 'Highway' Sánchez is a man with a mission: he is planning to replace every last one of his unsightly teeth. He has a few skills that might help him on his way: he can imitate Janis Joplin after two rums he can interpret Chinese fortune cookies he can stand an egg upright on a table and he can float on his back. And of course he is the world's best auction caller - although other people might not realise this because he is by nature very discreet.Studying auctioneering under Grandmaster Oklahoma and the famous country singer Leroy Van Dyke Highway travels the world amassing his collection of 'Collectibles' and perfecting his own specialty: the allegoric auction. In his quest for a perfect set of pearly whites he finds unusual ways to raise the funds culminating in the sale of the jewels of his collection: the teeth of the 'notorious infamous' - Plato Petrarch Chesterton Virginia Woolf et al.Written with elegance wit and exhilarating boldness Valeria Luiselli takes us on an idiosyncratic and hugely enjoyable journey that offers an insightful meditation on value worth and creation and the points at which they overlap.
"The 'The Story of My Teeth' by Valeria Luiselli is an excellent choice for bookworm readers and fans of contemporary literature."
