Monsieur Pain
Bolao, Roberto
From Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
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From Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 17 December 2013
About this Item
Publisher: Picador, London, 2010. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. FINE softcover book in wraps, as issued. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. Seller Inventory # SKU1007741
Bibliographic Details
Title: Monsieur Pain
Publisher: Picador USA
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Like New
About this title
‘Readers who have snacked on a writer such as Haruki Murakami will feast on Roberto Bolaño’ Sunday Times
César Vallejo, renowned Peruvian poet, lies dying in hospital – he’s hiccupping himself to death. When the doctors struggle to offer a diagnosis, his wife pins her hopes on the mesmerist and reclusive bachelor Pierre Pain. But after the appearance of two mysterious Spaniards, Monsieur Pain finds his access to the hospital barred and things soon go awry . . .
Set in the rainy, crepuscular streets of an unsettled 1938 Paris, Monsieur Pain merges the best of Borges with Edgar Allan Poe, and its dark blend of unrequited desire, guilt, grief and betrayal makes this a gripping noir conspiracy as rich as it is strange.
‘Bolaño writes with such elegance, verve and style and is immensely readable’ Guardian
‘His fiction was hallucinatory, haunting and experimental’ Times Literary Supplement
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