The Savage Detectives

Roberto Bolano

ISBN 10: 0330509527 / ISBN 13: 9780330509527

Published by Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London, 2009

About this Item

With an afterword by Natasha Wimmer. Winner of the Herralde Prize and the Romulo Gallegos Prize. Natasha Wimmers translation of The Savage Detectives was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2007 by the Washington Post and the New York Times. New Years Eve 1975, Mexico City. Two hunted men leave town in a hurry, on the desert-bound trail of a vanished poet. Spanning two decades and crossing continents, theirs is a remarkable quest through a darkening universe our own. It is a journey told and shared by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, whose testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of the twentieth century. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001628441

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Savage Detectives

Publisher: Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom, London

Publication Date: 2009

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis:

With an afterword by Natasha Wimmer.

Winner of the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize. Natasha Wimmer’s translation of The Savage Detectives was chosen as one of the ten best books of 2007 by the Washington Post and the New York Times.

New Year’s Eve 1975, Mexico City. Two hunted men leave town in a hurry, on the desert-bound trail of a vanished poet.

Spanning two decades and crossing continents, theirs is a remarkable quest through a darkening universe – our own. It is a journey told and shared by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, whose testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of the twentieth century.

Review:

Savagely comic yet equally tender . . . This novel is an elegy for a generation. Source: Independent

The comic frenzy, the inventiveness of character and situation, and the mood-soaked depiction of 1970s Mexico is delightful. Source: Times Literary Supplement

A portrait of people for whom literature is bread and water, sex and death. The abiding message to be taken from Bolaño’s novel, and maybe from his fraught life, too: books matter. Source: GQ

It’s no exaggeration to call Bolaño a genius. The Savage Detectives alone should grant him immortality. Source: Washington Post

Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world. Source: Guardian