This is the author's second collection of short stories. La Gamba abandons the New World for the Old and engages with a series of topics close to his heart. Ranging from an impassioned cry against the hegemony of bureaucracy in the arts in France to an amused glance at the reception of Damien Hirst in the Middle East, this intrepid and controversial writer seeks to entertain and irritate in equal measure. A tart reminder of how vulnerable the artist remains in a world which in seeking to exploit creativity only threatens to destroy it.