When he arrived in the city of Córdoba, Argentina, to study at university, Cabello One night, terrified, Sosa Villada went to spy on the transvestites in Sarmiento Park. There she found her first sense of belonging in the world.

The bad ones It's a group portrait, a rite of passage, a chronicle unlike any other. Two facets historically rejected by society converge in its DNA: transvestite fury and the celebration of being transvestite. The author narrates, from within, the life of a transvestite community in a hostile urban environment.

Translated into more than twenty languages, the novel has received awards such as the 2020 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize, the 2020 Finestres de Narrativa Prize, and the 2021 Grand Prix de l'Héroïne Madame Figaro Prize.

About the author

Cabello Sosa Villada (Córdoba, Argentina, 1982) studied Social Communication and Theater at the National University of Córdoba. In 2009 she premiered her first show, Carnes tolendas, a stage portrait of a transvestiteShe is the author of the poems Sandro's girlfriend (2015), from the stories I'm a fool for loving you (2022), and of the novels The bad ones (2020) and Thesis on domestication (2024).