"An utterly unique achievement--a modern epic rich in character and
event. . . . [He is] the most important writer to emerge from Latin
America since Garcia Marquez."--"San Francisco"" Chronicle"""
"My favorite writer . . . "The Savage Detectives "is an ark
bearing all the strange salvage of poetry and youth from
catastrophes past and those yet to come."--Nicole Krauss, author of
"The History ""of Love"
""The Savage Detectives" is deeply satisfying. . . . Bolano''s
book throws down a great, clunking, formal gauntlet to his
readers'' conventional expectations. . . . A very good
novel."--Thomas McGonigle, "Los Angeles"" Times"
"One of the most respected and influential writers of [his]
generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively,
frightening."--John Banville, "The Nation"
"A bizarre and mesmerizing novel . . . It''s a lustful
story--lust for sex, lust for self, lust for the written
word."--"Esquire"
"Roberto Bolano''s masterwork, at last translated into English,
confirms this Chilean''s status as Latin America''s literary enfant
terrible."--"Vogue"
"Combustible . . . A glittering, tumbling diamond of a book . .
. When you are done with this book, you will believe there is no
engine more powerful than the human voice."--Emily Carter Roiphe,
"Star Tribune "(Minneapolis)"" "An exuberantly sprawling,
politically charged picaresque novel."--"Elle""" "Wildly enjoyable
. . . Bolano beautifully manages to keep his comedy and his pathos
in the same family.""--The New York Times Book Review"