The Skating Rink by Bolao Roberto
A spellbinding, unique detective fiction focusing on the swirling vortex of sex, death, and intrigue surrounding a beautiful Spanish figure skating champion.
Gripping, easy to read, sometimes funny and extraordinarily romantic. . High praise. * Independent on Sunday *
This magnificent murder mystery . . . is wrought with voices of great urgency and yet penned with a delectable lightness of touch. * List *
Elegant, elusive and amusing, this novel is more than capable of standing alongside the rest of Bolaño’s work. * Daily Telegraph *
This magnificent murder mystery . . . is wrought with voices of great urgency and yet penned with a delectable lightness of touch. * List *
Elegant, elusive and amusing, this novel is more than capable of standing alongside the rest of Bolaño’s work. * Daily Telegraph *
Roberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City. His first full-length novel, The Savage Detectives won the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize and 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. Bolaño died in Blanes, Spain, at the age of fifty. Described by the New York Times as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation", in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330510530 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330510533 |
| Title | The Skating Rink |
| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2011-06-03 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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