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Woes of the True Policeman
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Hallucinatory, manic, fearful, comic . . . Bolaño must be read by anyone who loves the novel' HeraldCrushed by a devastating scandal, university professor Óscar Amalfitano flees Barcelona for Santa Teresa - a Mexican city close to the US border. In this sprawling town, where women are being killed in staggering numbers, Amalfitano begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings, while his daughter, Rosa, reeling from the weight of his secrets, seeks solace in a romance of her own. Featuring characters and stories from The Savage Detectives and 2666, Woes of the True Policeman explores the power of art, memory, and desire - and marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature.'A further demonstration of Bolaño's profound capacity to inhabit a seemingly limitless variety of perspectives with humor and empathy . . . an event of language and devilish wit' Wall Street Journal'HIs work is as vital, thrilling and life-enhancing as anything in modern fiction' Sunday Times
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