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New Year's Eve, 1975. Two hunted men leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala.
Their quest: to track down the mythical, vanished poet Cesárea Tinajero. But, twenty years later, they are still on the run. The Savage Detectives is their remarkable journey through our darkening universe. Told, shared and mythologised by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, their testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time.
TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER
'Roberto Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia. He could be funny, he could be literate, he could be devastating. And his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of Night
'Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world' Guardian
Their quest: to track down the mythical, vanished poet Cesárea Tinajero. But, twenty years later, they are still on the run. The Savage Detectives is their remarkable journey through our darkening universe. Told, shared and mythologised by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, their testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of all time.
TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER
'Roberto Bolaño was a game changer: his field was politics, poetry and melancholia. He could be funny, he could be literate, he could be devastating. And his writing was always unparalleled' Mariana Enríquez, author of Our Share of Night
'Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world' Guardian
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ISBN9781784879525
PublisherRandom House UK Ltd
Publication Date07/04/24
Pages648
Main GenreNovels
Sub GenreAdventure
FormatSoftcover
LanguageEnglish
Price16.50 €
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