Laura Fernández's first novel, revised by the author on the 10th anniversary of its original publication.

Bienvenidos a Welcome, a world of the future, full of shopping malls, residential neighbourhoods and big stars, where life goes on like on a television set. But reality -a shocking reality indeed- is about to burst in on this happy world. An unidentified flying object has just hit one of the city's shopping malls and thousands are estimated to be dead.

The major local media are racing to cover the story: is it a publicity campaign, is a new sitcom being filmed, is the mayor facing a revolt, is it the return of the legendary missing writer Rondy Rondy, is it true that Pedro Juan, the fashionable actor, is dead, and if so, who will put an end to it? And if so, who will put an end to the string of suicides of his desolate fans? Is it really a UFO piloted by a hairy alien?

Whatever the case, you're about to find out. Along the way, you'll meet the intrepid Lu Ken, Claudio Arden, the dwarf mayor, Sarah Du, the sole survivor, the great diva Anita Velasco and wannabe Welcomitzer Clark Roth, among many other celebrities. You've come at a good time, because after all this, Welcome will never be the same.