Borges And The Eternal Orang-Utans - Hardcover

Verissimo, Luis Fernando

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1843430975 ISBN 13: 9781843430971

Publisher: Harvill Press, 2004

Synopsis

Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story. There Vogelstein meets his idol, Jorge Lu-s Borges, and for reasons that a mere passion for literature cannot explain, he finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation that involves arcane demons, the mysteries of the Kabbala, the possible destruction of the world, and the Elizabethan magus John Dee's 'Eternal Orang-utan', which would end up by writing all the known books in the cosmos. Verissimo's small masterpiece is at once a witty literary tour de force and a brilliant mystery novel in its own right. (2003-07-31)

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Review:

"An elegantly constructed caper" (Daily Telegraph)

"Verrisimo's pleasure in his own absurd intertextual universe is infectious" (Times Literary Supplement)

"A true literary mystery in its own right, as well as a homage to Borges" (Financial Times)

From the Publisher:

Hilarious spoof on literary/academic conferences, and a brilliant 'Borgesian' mystery.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvill Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843430975
• ISBN 13: 9781843430971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144