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29 Ways to Drown

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Irrational ambition, despair, suppressed desires and secrets are woven into the heft of each of Aguirre's ten profound stories; whether it's a boy trapped at the age of fourteen after a botched attempt to capture time in a capsule, an organic seed distributor entrapping an errant lover with a replica pre-Columbian Aztec artifact bought in Chicago, or a woman attempting to drown herself in a water aerobics class in London, the tales in 29 Ways to Drown grip by their absolute logic and the sheer absurdity of the inevitable truths they unravel.
"...with a mystical sense of universal magic, Aguirre brings her literary world to vivid life. [These] characters haunt and intrigue..." - Courttia Newland; "...brings to mind the work of Borges and Cortazar but with a wholly contemporary twist." - Julia Bell; "Niki Aguirre is that rarest of writers, one who possesses an exuberant imagination, but who also casts a devastatingly sharp eye on human reality." - Laila Lalami
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