Reviews
Roberto Bolaño's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible., "An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since García Márquez."-- San Francisco Chronicle "My favorite writer . . . The Savage Detectives is an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come."--Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love " The Savage Detectives is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolaño's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel."--Thomas McGonigle, Los Angeles Times "One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening."--John Banville, The Nation "A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word."-- Esquire "Roberto Bolaño's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible."-- Vogue "Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice."--Emily Carter Roiphe, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel."-- Elle "Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family." --The New York Times Book Review, One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening., "A masterpiece . . . [Roberto Bolaño is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since GarcÃa Márquez."--San FranciscoChronicle "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel."--Elle "Wildly enjoyable…Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family."--The New York Times Book Review, ôAn exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel that follows two literary sleuths on their quixotic quest for a long-lost poet through the feverish Mexican desert. With decade-bending, sleight-of-hand pit stops in Paris, London, Mexico City, and Tel Aviv.ö - Elle ôWildly enjoyableà it is both narrowly about poetry and broadly about the difficulty of sustaining the hopes of youth. Bola±o beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family." - The New York Times Magazine ôDeeply satisfying . . . Bola±oÆs book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readerÆs conventional expectations . . . A very good novel.ö - The Los Angeles Times, "An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since García Márquez." -- San Francisco Chronicle "My favorite writer . . . The Savage Detectives is an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come." -- Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love " The Savage Detectives is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolaño's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel." -- Thomas McGonigle, Los Angeles Times "One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening." -- John Banville, The Nation "A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word." -- Esquire "Roberto Bolaño's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible." -- Vogue "Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice." -- Emily Carter Roiphe, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel." -- Elle "Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family." -- The New York Times Book Review, An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since García Márquez., Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice., My favorite writer . . . The Savage Detectives is an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come., "An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since García Márquez."--San FranciscoChronicle "My favorite writer . . .The Savage Detectivesis an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come."--Nicole Krauss, author ofThe Historyof Love "The Savage Detectivesis deeply satisfying. . . . Bolaño's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel."--Thomas McGonigle,Los AngelesTimes "One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening."--John Banville,The Nation "A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word."--Esquire "Roberto Bolaño's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible."--Vogue "Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice."--Emily Carter Roiphe,Star Tribune(Minneapolis) "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel."--Elle "Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family."--The New York Times Book Review, A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word., Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family., The Savage Detectives is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolaño's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel., "An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since García Márquez."-- San Francisco Chronicle "My favorite writer . . . The Savage Detectives is an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come."--Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love " The Savage Detectives is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolaño's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel."--Thomas McGonigle, Los Angeles Times "One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening."--John Banville, The Nation "A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word."-- Esquire "Roberto Bolaño's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible."-- Vogue "Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice."--Emily Carter Roiphe, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel."-- Elle "Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolaño beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family." --The New York Times Book Review, "A masterpiece . . . [Roberto Bolano is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since Garcia Marquez."--"San Francisco"" Chronicle" "" "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel."--"Elle" "" "Wildly enjoyable...Bolano beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family.""--The New York Times Book Review", "An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin America since Garca Mrquez." -- San Francisco Chronicle "My favorite writer . . . The Savage Detectives is an ark bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from catastrophes past and those yet to come." -- Nicole Krauss, author of The History of Love " The Savage Detectives is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolao's book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his readers' conventional expectations. . . . A very good novel." -- Thomas McGonigle, Los Angeles Times "One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening." -- John Banville, The Nation "A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It's a lustful story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written word." -- Esquire "Roberto Bolao's masterwork, at last translated into English, confirms this Chilean's status as Latin America's literary enfant terrible." -- Vogue "Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . . . When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no engine more powerful than the human voice." -- Emily Carter Roiphe, Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "An exuberantly sprawling, politically charged picaresque novel." -- Elle "Wildly enjoyable . . . Bolao beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos in the same family." -- The New York Times Book Review
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