The sacred book of factology

This novel addresses the most crucial question of the 21st century. Namely: will the future be good or bad?

“You are curious. You are not happy, you are even a little angry, your wrists still ache from the handcuffs, but you are curious. You still think we are a bunch of madmen, but now you are intrigued. What kind of madmen are we, after all? What drives us? Money? Power? God? Some other god? You are curious. And it is your weakness, being curious.”

Rui Zink, born in Lisbon in 1961, is one of the most singular voices in contemporary Portuguese literature. A writer, teacher, and intellectual provocateur, he has built a body of work marked by irony, social criticism, and a rare ability to transform the everyday into revealing absurdity.

In books such as O Destino Turístico, A Instalação do medo, or Hotel Lusitano, he explores the tension between fantasy and reality: humor as a sharp form of thought.