The Deflator (Vol.1 Contagion)

A REMORSELESS SATIRE ON MASCULINITY, TOURISTIFICATION, CONSPIRACY THEORIES, CLIMATE, TECHNOLOGY, THE ACADEMIC WORLD AND A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO LIST

in Abysmo: "On the day Alejandro was born, in 1984, in Miami, the son of an unknown father and a sick mother who would die shortly afterwards, and even before being handed over to aunts who hate men and who will try to make him useless, we were far from imagining that he would survive, let alone have a role reserved for him in history.

Fleeing his aunts and the frustration of not becoming a lighthouse keeper, Alejandro embarks on an almost supernatural cruise, landing by chance in Lisbon, in a post-Great Blackout world — a planetary cataclysm that turned off all electrical systems for half an hour and gave all women an immense orgasm —, and finds the paths that will lead him to cross paths with the remaining protagonists: Alex, the revolutionary dwarf with his beloved dolphin Pablo, the sociologist Hélder, prone to conspiracies and recolonization theories, and Catarina, a woman on a mysterious mission that forces her to hop between continents in search of a very special man.

An unprecedented epidemic with unpredictable consequences is coming, but the gears are already turning. Prepare yourselves for the contagion."

Valério Romão was born in 1974, in France, but spent much of his life in Portugal. He is a writer, translator, and playwright, recognized for his intense approach and exploration of the darkest corners of the human experience. Author of novels, plays, and short stories. Among his best-known books are Autism, O da Joana and Cair para Dentro. Valério Romão remains alive and active in the Portuguese literary scene, considered one of the most unique voices in contemporary fiction.