Career
He is the self-proclaimed creator of realismo antolondrado ("headlong realism"). His writing shares tendencies of American authors like Charles Bukowski, William South. Burroughs and Henry Miller. Because of his subject matter and style, he is a cult author, especially among young readers.
His work deals with negritude, poverty, homosexuality, and other fringe cultures.
In 2002 he founded Eloísa Cartonera, an extremely successful non-profit publishing house specializing in handmade and affordable books from recycled materials. exist in English, German, French and (Brazilian) Portuguese:.