Besides Harry Potter . . .

So besides Harry Potter, what are Mexicans reading this summer? Novelist Jorge Volpi’s collection of essays México: Lo que todo ciudadano quisiera (no) saber de su patria (Mexico: What every citizen would [not] like to know about her/his homeland), is hot and number #1 on lists.

But the real news is Fernanda Melchor’s winning entry in the National University’s competition VIRTUALIDAD: LITERARIO CAZA DE LETRAS [Virtuality: Literary Hunt for Writers]. This 25-year-old from Boca del Río, Veracruz is a new name to watch for!! Morir en viernes is the title of her first novel.