I haven't read the book, but judging by the review that seems like a rather quaint perspective on Mexico. For people interested in less detached, grittier narr

I haven't read the book, but judging by the review that seems like a rather quaint perspective on Mexico. For people interested in less detached, grittier narratives, I'd recommend "The Savage Detectives" by Roberto Bolaño and my stepgrandfather José Antonio Villarreal's "The Fifth Horseman".