An American writer looking for inspiration in the seediest parts of downtown Barcelona.

A stranger to the town and language, it takes a mysterious woman to initiate him, to rewrite everything ...

Guirilandia

Guiri adj. & noun - a foreigner

Guirilandia noun - foreign lands, other countries

From the Larousse Gran Diccionario del Argot

Eric Blair wants to write, but he doesn't think he has any stories to tell. Then life happens.

Bedroom revolutionaries, sex, pop culture conspiracies, terrorism ...

When he lands a soul-sucking job at a mysterious company called Sealed ASS, little does he know it will change his life for ever. Just when he thought he was going to lose the time to write, a strange series of events ultimately makes writing a mode of survival.

Bedroom Revolutionaries

I click again and get a nondescript photo of Sternislouse in a factory. He's almost in the background, near some heavy machinery, wearing sunglasses and is facing the camera, but has the rest of his body in profile. I'm reminded of the infamous Patterson footage, of Bigfoot emerging from the forest. Here he is, Sternislouse, all blurry in the background like the mythical man-beast of American pop culture.

chapter excerpt, BR
The Sternislouse Enigma