«However modest it may be, every artistic manifestation must have something of hallucination, of fire in the eyes, of delirium. The work of Valeria Luiselli, brimming with humour and horror, with subtle coincidences and inaudible screams, is full of that freedom, that fire and immense promise. A tremendous writer. And a growth-maker».
Rosa Montero, El País

«An extraordinary new literary talent».
The Telegraph

«I am the best auctioneer in the world. But nobody knows it because I am a restrained man. My name is Gustavo Sánchez Sánchez and I think they call me, out of affection, Carretera». In addition to knowing how to imitate Janis Joplin, being able to balance a chicken egg on a table, or knowing how to count to eight in Japanese, in his brilliant career as an auctioneer, Carretera appears as the inventor of the revolutionary «Method of Allegoricals», in which «it was not objects that were auctioned, but the stories that gave them value and meaning».

Carretera was not always this eminent showman. Before becoming an auctioneer, he worked as a security guard at a juice factory for many years, until a co-worker's panic attack changed his life irrevocably. On the way to his destiny, Carretera must face the anger of a son he has abandoned, carry out an auction to help a priest save his church, and perform "The Story of My Personal Gustavos," an allegorical auction, in the form of a grand finale performance.

The Story of My Teeth, Valeria Luiselli's second novel, reveals a fascinating new dimension in her writing, and confirms her ability to generate atmospheres full of enigmas and subtle hints in which every gesture is loaded with meaning. With a skill that shows mastery of language and a bold and brazen structure, Luiselli portrays – sometimes with humor, other times with tenderness and sometimes more ruthlessly – what we call "the human condition", making the weight of history merge in her characters with that everyday driving force that is longing.