Plot introduction
TheHorrorofDoloresRoachisagrotesqueSweeneyTodd-inspiredtaleofEatorBeEaten;amacabreurbanlegendoflove,betrayal,weed,gentrification,cannibalism,andsurvivalofthefittest.ItfollowstheindomitableDoloresRoach,whoreturnstoaNewYorkCityneighborhoodthathaschangeddrasticallyduringthesixteenyearsshehasbeeninprison.Herboyfriendmissing,herfamilylonggone,Doloresisrecognizedonlybyanoldstonerfriend,Luis,whogivesDoloresroomandboardandletshergivemassagesforcashinthebasementapartmentunderhisdilapidatedempanadashop.Whenthepromiseofhernewfoundstabilityisquicklythreatened,‘MagicHandsDolores’isdriventoextremestosurvive—leavinginherwakeastringofstrangledmassageclients.Inthefaceofunexpectedprofessionalsuccess,DoloresandLuisbecomedangerouslysymbiotic,andLuismustunleashhisownparticularpredilections.
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