Paradais MD26 waiting to die or become

waiting to die or become 'guinea pigs' for experimental (often deadly) drugs

bankers and bankrupts" in the creation of history's largest empire

including his host body’s own backstory

Contrasting with this tale of love and self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Levin

Paradais MD26 waiting to die or becomeInside a luxury housing complex, two misfit teenagers sneak around and get drunk. Franco Andrade, lonely, overweight, and addicted to porn, obsessively fantasizes about seducing his neighbor an attractive married woman and mother while Polo dreams about quitting his gruelling job as a gardener within the gated community and fleeing his overbearing mother and their narco controlled village. Each facing the impossibility of getting what he thinks he