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Juan Villoro’s “The Guilty” Decenters What It Means To Be Mexican
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Juan Villoro’s “The Guilty” Decenters What It Means To Be Mexican

Last month I found myself in the gardening section of a German supermarket where, on sale, I came across Mexican-themed cacti. Tiny, impossibly hairy things with googly eyes and black moustaches and pastel colored sombreros made of clay. Typical German kitsch. “That looks like my uncle Mario,” I thought. That moustache. Those manic eyes like,…