Cómo perderlo todo

Horacio Pizarro, a respected Bogotá professor of philosophy who has only just joined Facebook, posts a Scientific American study saying mothers outscore other women in intelligence, meant as a nod to his daughter, who is expecting. A colleague publicly brands him a sexist and a misogynist, and the abuse pours in. His fall starts a relay in which one character after another picks up the story: a high-flying lawyer on the peace team in Havana, whose lover, an ex-minister, sees his wife come out of a coma that lasted years; a young woman hoping to regain her mother's love; a cheating cab driver shadowed by his mistress; a newly married couple learning to share a home; a washed-up actor who wants his wife back. Behind their love lives beats the leap year 2016, with the No in the peace plebiscite, Brexit and Trump.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

607 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Colombia, 2016

First published

2018 by Alfaguara

Author's age

43 when first published

ISBN

9789585496163 (original)