吴素英4.1

【吴素英】

TheHorrorofDoloresRoachisagrotesqueSweeneyTodd-inspiredtaleofEatorBeEaten;amacabreurbanlegendoflove,betrayal,weed,gentrification,cannibalism,andsurvivalofthefittest.ItfollowstheindomitableDoloresRoach,whoreturnstoaNewYorkCityneighborhoodthathaschangeddrasticallyduringthesixteenyearsshehasbeeninprison.Herboyfriendmissing,herfamilylonggone,Doloresisrecognizedonlybyanoldstonerfriend,Luis,whogivesDoloresroomandboardandletshergivemassagesforcashinthebasementapartmentunderhisdilapidatedempanadashop.Whenthepromiseofhernewfoundstabilityisquicklythreatened,‘MagicHandsDolores’isdriventoextremestosurvive—leavinginherwakeastringofstrangledmassageclients.Inthefaceofunexpectedprofessionalsuccess,DoloresandLuisbecomedangerouslysymbiotic,andLuismustunleashhisownparticularpredilections.