{"product_id":"9781916751453","title":"The Past Pursues Us Like Detectives, Debt Collectors, Thieves","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe trip home from hell: everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, when the protagonist, who has emigrated, returns to Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJP, the protagonist, returns to his hometown in Mexico after many years abroad, where he has a peaceful life. He returns to help his siblings care for his parents, who are now elderly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e What should have been a brief visit becomes the visit from hell and JP a murder suspect. A photo of a bullet circulates, and everyone seems determined to offer him pills of dubious origin: could they be melatonin, tranquilizers, amphetamines, poison?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeaving outright hilarity with wry tenderness, Villalobos tells of the changes time has wrought on the family, friends and town the protagonist once knew. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Juan Pablo Villalobos","offers":[{"title":"And Other Stories |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-04-17","offer_id":47353560465663,"sku":"9781916751453","price":30.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_bd075697-824a-4615-8e62-0f5e110060b1.jpg?v=1760540758","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781916751453","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}