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DTOPIA
Jose Ando (安堂ホセ, born 1994)
English editions
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A new season of the dating reality show DTOPIA is being filmed on Bora Bora, where ten men, known only as Mr LA, Mr London and so on, compete for Miss Universe. From this glossy, ironic set-up several stories branch out and intertwine. In a cool, cutting voice, the novel turns the show's games into a look at violence and at the boxes of race and sexuality people are sorted into, with capitalism, colonialism and today's wars close by.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 153 pages in the original
- Genres
- Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- French Polynesia
- First published
- 2024 by Kawade Shobo Shinsha
- Author's age
- 30 when first published
- ISBN
9784309039282 (original)