Random House

Random House by Rogelio Guedea, Mexico, Mondadori, 2008
I met the author at a conference in Melbourne of Hispanic literatures in July 2oo8. Right after he published his first novel, an evolution in his career marked by poetry and the micro-narratives. A jump to the longest narrative genre within the limits of what we call Mexican dirty realism. The history is constructed through several characters Bulmaro uprooted, the brother of Corona, who murdered boy Cecilio, in retaliation for the invasion of his property with another herd. Then Ishmael, brother of the first two, died in revenge of the former deceased. This will initiate a carefree path of the protagonist, Crown, on places like Guadalajara, Concepcion del Oro, Sabinas Hidalgo, Villa Hidalgo and Tepic, highly evocative spaces for knowledge. So, you know the driver of trailers, Rodolfo Alanis, who will learn various life experiences:

“Driving a trailer is put in the right hands. You never know if it will or not. And how or when.” (P. 111-112).

Crown will continue to be pursued by Cecilio’s family, forcing her nomadism always spaces marked by violence, corruption and impunity.
One feature to consider is the novel use of language, with great force and much appeal (with some finding as Congal, referring to brothels). With an excellent combination of the time axis with the intermittent development of the facts (a combination of past and present without any conflict) is progressing reading nonsense.