One character in this novel lectures on how he regaled his parole officer with tales of meeting Lin Biao, and claims that pork chops saved his life.
One character in this novel lectures on how he regaled his parole officer with tales of meeting Lin Biao, and claims that pork chops saved his life. Another section describes how many times words like "Paris," "euphemism," "American literature," and "friendship" were used in two phone conversations. When a character reveals that he's a reporter for the Harlem magazine Black Dawn, he gets told that it's a fucked up name for a magazine. The brief appearance of investigator Albert Kessler sheds no light on the situation. The literature conference-hopping BFFs Piero Morini, Liz Norton, Jean-Claude Pelletier, and Manuel Espinoza appear in the section "The Part about the Critics," one of its five books along with "The Part about Fate" and "The Part about Amalfitano." The plot details numerous unsolved murders in Santa Teresa and gives the life story of mysterious German author Benno von Archimboldi. FTP, name this magnum opus by Roberto Bolaño, whose title may refer to a year in the future.
One character in this novel lectures on how he regaled his parole officer with tales of meeting Lin Biao, and claims that pork chops saved his life.
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