Poeta chileno

For much of this novel, Gonzalo is a poetster who wants to be a poet and a stepfather who behaves as if he were Vicente's biological father, a boy addicted to cat food who years later refuses to study at the university because his His main dream is to become -also- a poet, despite the advice of Carla, his proudly lonely mother, and of León, a mediocre father dedicated to collecting toy cars. The powerful myth of Chilean poetry -a secondary character says, alluding to the verdicts of the Swedish Academy, that Chileans are two-time world champions of poetry- is revisited and questioned by Pru, a gringo journalist who becomes an accidental witness of this elusive and intense world of literary heroes and impostors.