“Queer writing at its most exhilarating.” —Times Literary SupplementThe slums of Buenos Aires, the government, the mafia, the Virgin Mary, corrupt police, sex workers, thieves, drug dealers, and debauchery all combine in this sweeping novel deemed a ‘revelation for contemporary literature’ and ‘pure dynamite’ (Andrés Neuman, author ofTraveller of the Century &Talking to Ourselves).When the Virgin Mary appears to Cleopatra, she renounces sex work and takes charge of the shanty