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Father Urrutia wanted to be a poet but ended up a Jesuit literary critic who hobnobs with the famous and the mighty. Then he is secretly recruited to teach the dictator Pinochet the history of Marxism. Roberto Bolaño's novel recounts all this in the priest's deathbed confession--a searing attack on the corruption and horror embedded deeply in Chilean politics. Bolaño, who died in 2003, is widely considered to be one of Chile's great writers.
| Size | | Length: | 144 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Industry Reviews
"One of the great Latin American novels, in an exemplary translation. Not to be missed."
Kirkus Reviews (11/01/2003)
"In Chris Andrews's lucid translation, Bolaño's febrile narrative tack and occasional surreal touches bring to mind the classics of Latin American magic realism...."
New York Times Book Review - Mark Kamine (01/11/2004)
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