Imagine that all your life you've been guided by someone else. Someone who's steered you away from trouble, taken you across the world, brought you success. He's called Santiago and he lives in your head and now he's turned against you. The unnamed narrator of this debut novel blunders through life, never quite getting things right until the arrival of Santiago, a male presence who appears in her mind at the age of 14. Thanks to him, the naive innocence that has led her into trouble so many times is gone, replaced by a street-smart wisdom that makes her attractive and successful, with a ruthless streak that gets her out of sticky situations time and time again. But as time goes by, Santiago's good advice becomes increasingly paranoid. From his operations room inside the narrator's mind he tortures her with old photos, maps, videos the story of everything that has ever gone wrong in her life. He causes fits and hallucinations, anything to get his way. Suddenly Santiago is dangerous, and will stop at nothing to be in control.
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Santiago is a male figure who appears in the narrator's consciousness after her failed attempt at suicide at the age of fourteen. He arrives to supplant Mina, a childlike creature of the mind who has shepherded the narrator through life from birth onwards but whose lack of worldly wisdom has created problem after problem for her host as she blunders through school, never quite understanding why she never gets things right. The vulnerable innocence of life with Mina grows more distressing than ever with the onset of sexuality. With Santiago's arrival Mina is driven away, and as an adult the narrator achieves unprecedented successes, as she walks Santiago's way, but never feels truly herself. Her adventures in Madrid and London gradually reveal the downside of Santiago and the paranoia that underlies his worldly wisdom. Returning to Mexico, she manages ten years of marriage before Santiago turns against her husband. Santiago is a male figure who appears in the narrator's consciousness after her failed attempt at suicide at the age of fouteen. He arrives to supplant Mina, a childlike creature of the mind who has shepherded the narrator through life from birth until driven away by Santiago. After ten years of marriage Santiago turns against her husband. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780720611908