Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano
Taking us back to the world and characters of his acclaimed masterpiece, 2666, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bolanos last, unfinished, novel.
‘Hallucinatory, manic, fearful, comic. . Bolaño must be read by anyone who loves the novel’ Herald
‘There is a power in these pages that very few writers ever achieve’ Scotsman
‘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
‘There is a power in these pages that very few writers ever achieve’ Scotsman
‘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
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 | 9781447233305 |
| ISBN 10 | 1447233301 |
| Title | Woes of the True Policeman |
| Author | Roberto Bolaño |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2014-01-16 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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