Kilgore Trout is a fictional character created by Kurt Vonnegut, present in several of his novels. He’s an unsuccessful science fiction writer who’s prolific but only known to few people. His books were only sold in porn shops.

The view from my apartment in Buenos Aires is gritty and urban. From my balcony I can see the backs of other apartment buildings, with their dried paint wearing out and chipping off. Ivy crawls up the walls, creating abstract drawings that look like mold in the winter but that burst with green in the spring.