The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
How I discovered the book
I read an article on Roberto Bolano, by one of my favourite columnists in the literary review supplement of the newspaper that we buy at home. I haven’t read any book by a Latin American writer till now – though I have Jorge Louis Borges and a few others on my reading list. The article got me interested on Roberto Bolano, because it said that Bolano’s books were about writers who were part of literary movements but were not published or sometimes were not even heard of. (more…)
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Book Review No. 8 – The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
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