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* AccidentalTruth: When Paula fakes being pregnant, Desi tries to corner her by telling her [[spoiler:he knows she cheated on him with [=GeBé=].]] Desi was just bluffing, but it turned out to be true.
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* AccidentalTruth: When Paula fakes being pregnant, Desi tries to corner her by telling her [[spoiler:he knows she cheated on him with [=GeBé=].]] Desi was just bluffing, but it turned out Paula fails to be true.catch the bluff and asks him how he found out.
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* JekyllAndHyde: Desi himself lampshades this. At the beginning of the last year of high school, he feels like he's splitting into two:
-->Who would win the battle? The poetry enthusiast Desi who aspired to be a writer, or the unbelieving lower-class kid who trafficked with drugs and also did them? \\
-->Who would win the battle? The poetry enthusiast Desi who aspired to be a writer, or the unbelieving lower-class kid who trafficked with drugs and also did them? \\
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* JekyllAndHyde: Desi himself lampshades this. At the beginning of the last year of high school, he feels like he's his personality is splitting into two:
-->Who would win the battle? Thepoetry enthusiast Desi who aspired to be a writer, poetry-loving, aspiring writer Desi, or the unbelieving lower-class kid who trafficked with drugs and also did them? \\
-->Who would win the battle? The
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* ForbiddenFruit: Referenced when Desi discusses the aftermath of the chaotic first and only rap concert to take place in his high school:
-->Needless to say, rap was immediately declared ''musica non grata'' in the high school. As it usually happens, the achieved effect was the exact opposite -- when you tell a kid not to do something, that's when they'll go ahead and do it -- and guys who had never cared about rap before ended up downloading from the Internet the entire discography of SFDK, Violadores del Verso, Sólo los Solo...
-->Needless to say, rap was immediately declared ''musica non grata'' in the high school. As it usually happens, the achieved effect was the exact opposite -- when you tell a kid not to do something, that's when they'll go ahead and do it -- and guys who had never cared about rap before ended up downloading from the Internet the entire discography of SFDK, Violadores del Verso, Sólo los Solo...
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: In Desi's family we find an alcoholic father struggling to keep a job, his wife with heart issues that he abused when his drinking went overboard, an older son whose drug addiction led him to robbery and prison, and a younger son who is an aspiring poet but also the second-in-command of his high school's resident drug lord.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: In Desi's family we find an alcoholic father struggling to keep a job, kicked out of one job after another, his wife with heart issues that he abused when his drinking went overboard, an older son whose drug addiction led him to robbery and prison, and a younger son who is an aspiring poet but also the second-in-command of his high school's resident drug lord.
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* JekyllAndHyde: Desi himself lampshades this. At the beginning of the last year of high school, he feels like he's splitting into two:
-->Who would win the battle? The poetry enthusiast Desi who aspired to be a writer, or the unbelieving lower-class kid who trafficked with drugs and also did them? \\
I think I was turning into some sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
-->Who would win the battle? The poetry enthusiast Desi who aspired to be a writer, or the unbelieving lower-class kid who trafficked with drugs and also did them? \\
I think I was turning into some sort of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: In Desi's family we find an alcoholic father, father struggling to keep a job, his wife with heart issues that he abused when his drinking went overboard, an older son whose drug addiction led him to robbery and prison, and a younger son who is an aspiring poet but also the second-in-command of his high school's resident drug lord.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: In Desi's family we find an alcoholic father, his wife with heart issues that he abused when his drinking went overboard, an older son whose drug addiction led him to robbery and prison, and a younger son who is an aspiring poet but also the second-in-command of his high school's resident drug lord.
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* ShoutOut: Desi names his scooter SS in honor of rap group Sólo los Solo. Other rap groups such as SFDK or Violadores del Verso are namechecked as well.
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* ShoutOut: Desi names his scooter SS in honor of after rap group Sólo los Solo. Other rap groups such as SFDK or Violadores del Verso are namechecked as well.
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* NationalStereotypes: Discussed by Paz and Desi, when he says he's surprised that she doesn't smoke hashish because he thinks it's normal in Algeria, and Paz humorously retorts that [[TorosYFlamenco she's surprised that he doesn't bullfight]] because that's normal in Spain.
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* NationalStereotypes: Discussed by Paz and Desi, when he says he's surprised that she doesn't smoke hashish because he thinks it's normal in Algeria, and Paz humorously retorts that [[TorosYFlamenco she's surprised that he doesn't bullfight]] bullfight because that's [[TorosYFlamenco supposed to be normal in Spain.Spain]].
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* AxCrazy: [=GeBé=] has his moments, possibly aided by the copious amount of drugs he takes. He once threatened his English teacher with a knife when he thought him and Desi had cheated on an exam. (Which they actually had, but that's another story.)
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* AxCrazy: [=GeBé=] has his moments, possibly aided by the copious amount of drugs he takes. He once threatened his English teacher with a knife when he thought him and Desi had cheated on an exam. (Which they (They actually had, but that's another story.)
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* AxCrazy: [=GeBé=] has his moments, possibly aided by the copious amount of drugs he takes. He once threatened his English teacher with a knife when he thought him and Desi had cheated on an exam. (Which they actually had, but that's another story.)
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* AxCrazy: [=GeBé=] has his moments, possibly aided by the copious amount of drugs he takes. He once threatened his English teacher with a knife when he thought him and Desi had cheated on an exam.
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* DomesticAbuse: Desi's alcoholic father used to abuse his mother.
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* DestructiveRomance: [=GeBé=]'s girlfriend, Lorena, flat out tells Desi that she hasn't dumped him because she's scared of him. Probably that's what happens when you date a guy perfectly capable of throwing an old washing machine to a road while drugged.
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* DisappearedDad: Desi's father left the family apartment for some time. When asked for his whereabouts, Desi would say he was on a business trip.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Desi has managed to reorient his life, and his brother Ángel is finally out of jail and has made amends with his father, but Paz is still recovering from the injuries sustained in the bombings.]]
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* HiddenDepths: Desi really likes poetry and wants to be a writer. Becomes less hidden as the book advances.
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* AlliterativeName: There are two in Desi's family: his father, Alejandro Angulo, and his brother, Ángel Angulo.
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* InsufferableGenius: Camilo, the "Prince of Nerds" as Desi calls him, embodies this trope.
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* InsufferableGenius: Camilo, the "Prince of Nerds" as Desi calls him, embodies this trope. He also qualifies as TeenGenius, since he's a high school student.
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** It's not the smartest of ideas to make dirty rhymes with [=GeBé=]'s surname. Chances are the offender will at least eat a few punches.
** Don't ask Desi to swear on his mother. You're not allowed to even mention her.
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* NationalStereotypes: Discussed by Paz and Desi, when he says he's surprised that she doesn't smoke hashish because he thinks it's normal in Algeria, and Paz humorously retorts that she's surprised that he doesn't bullfight because that's normal in Spain.
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* AbusiveParents: What Desi thinks of Paz's father when she explains to him how he hit her with a stick when she pretended to be ill so that she wouldn't have to help with the animals of the house.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: In the early stages of his relationship with Paz, Desi starts making up wacky excuses to not hang out with Paula and [=GeBé=].
* NationalStereotypes: Discussed by Paz and Desi, when he says he's surprised that she doesn't smoke hashish because he thinks it's normal in Algeria, and Paz humorously retorts that she's surprised that he doesn't bullfight because that's normal in Spain.
* NationalStereotypes: Discussed by Paz and Desi, when he says he's surprised that she doesn't smoke hashish because he thinks it's normal in Algeria, and Paz humorously retorts that she's surprised that he doesn't bullfight because that's normal in Spain.
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''Con el diablo en los talones'' (''With the devil on my heels'') is a 2006 Spanish novel by José Pellón. The main character, Desiderio "Desi" Angulo narrates his last years in high school, how he smuggled drugs in the high school with his classmate Jorge "[=GeBé=]" Bedoya and how his life changed when meeting Paz, an Algerian immigrant.
!!Tropes in this book:
* AccidentalTruth: When Paula fakes being pregnant, Desi tries to corner her by telling her [[spoiler:he knows she cheated on him with [=GeBé=].]] Desi was just bluffing, but it turned out to be true.
* AlphaBitch: Paula Velasco.
-->She was used to having guys going after her drooling across the hallways, receiving her indifference when not disdain, until she finally picked one. The curious thing was that those "ones" always had the most powerful bike, the fastest and most awesome car, or stood out for some other reason that, well, didn't have to do with school grades.
* BerserkButton: It's not the smartest of ideas to make dirty rhymes with [=GeBé=]'s surname. Chances are the offender will at least eat a few punches.
* TheBGrade: Discussed by Desi when talking about Camilo:
-->I was sure that if his grades ever went down from A's to B's (unlikely), he would set fire to himself on the basketball court.
* TheDragon: Desi used to be [=GeBé=]'s right hand in his drug business in the high school.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Some of Desi's relatives have "Desidín" as an AffectionateNickname for him. He hates it.
* InsufferableGenius: Camilo, the "Prince of Nerds" as Desi calls him, embodies this trope.
-->Camilo, you already know it, was a nerd. Although I could also refer to Emilio, Leticia, José Luis, Abelardo, Ana or Esther. But Camilo topped them all: unsociable, spoilsport, smart-ass, Mr. Raised Hand, Captain Cum Laude. ''[...]'' The teachers, tired of being shown up after it was proven on more than one occasion that he knew twice as much as them about anything, gave him an A+ as soon as they saw his name on the exam. They didn't even bother analyzing them. Why waste time?
* NoPunctuationPeriod: Camilo, again:
-->--Japanese and South Korean scientists have created a female mouse without a father using genetically modified ovules from two different mothers!--said Camilo, like a machine gun burst, without periods or commas or anything.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[spoiler:Paz]] survived the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings 2004 Madrid train bombings]].
* ShoutOut: Desi names his scooter SS in honor of rap group Sólo los Solo. Other rap groups such as SFDK or Violadores del Verso are namechecked as well.
!!Tropes in this book:
* AccidentalTruth: When Paula fakes being pregnant, Desi tries to corner her by telling her [[spoiler:he knows she cheated on him with [=GeBé=].]] Desi was just bluffing, but it turned out to be true.
* AlphaBitch: Paula Velasco.
-->She was used to having guys going after her drooling across the hallways, receiving her indifference when not disdain, until she finally picked one. The curious thing was that those "ones" always had the most powerful bike, the fastest and most awesome car, or stood out for some other reason that, well, didn't have to do with school grades.
* BerserkButton: It's not the smartest of ideas to make dirty rhymes with [=GeBé=]'s surname. Chances are the offender will at least eat a few punches.
* TheBGrade: Discussed by Desi when talking about Camilo:
-->I was sure that if his grades ever went down from A's to B's (unlikely), he would set fire to himself on the basketball court.
* TheDragon: Desi used to be [=GeBé=]'s right hand in his drug business in the high school.
* EmbarrassingNickname: Some of Desi's relatives have "Desidín" as an AffectionateNickname for him. He hates it.
* InsufferableGenius: Camilo, the "Prince of Nerds" as Desi calls him, embodies this trope.
-->Camilo, you already know it, was a nerd. Although I could also refer to Emilio, Leticia, José Luis, Abelardo, Ana or Esther. But Camilo topped them all: unsociable, spoilsport, smart-ass, Mr. Raised Hand, Captain Cum Laude. ''[...]'' The teachers, tired of being shown up after it was proven on more than one occasion that he knew twice as much as them about anything, gave him an A+ as soon as they saw his name on the exam. They didn't even bother analyzing them. Why waste time?
* NoPunctuationPeriod: Camilo, again:
-->--Japanese and South Korean scientists have created a female mouse without a father using genetically modified ovules from two different mothers!--said Camilo, like a machine gun burst, without periods or commas or anything.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: [[spoiler:Paz]] survived the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Madrid_train_bombings 2004 Madrid train bombings]].
* ShoutOut: Desi names his scooter SS in honor of rap group Sólo los Solo. Other rap groups such as SFDK or Violadores del Verso are namechecked as well.
