The first chapter of The Altruists, Andrew Ridker's debut novel

agarama   May 23, 2021   Comment  

 A dark and fun 21st century family saga arrives this Thursday at Portuguese bookstores in an edition of Quetzal. Andrew Ridker, who was born in 1991, was the editor of Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics and teaches creative writing.

THE ALTER FAMILY WAS RIPPED BY FIRE. Throughout the autumn, there were outbreaks, episodes, the kind of uncoordinated omens that only seem ominous a posteriori. In September, Ethan singed his thumb while trying to light a cigarette. After three days, a faulty gas burner caused the kitchen stove to malfunction; the lighter produced an anxious sound, a succession of desperate ticks, before giving rise to