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The Secret of Evil

Roberto Bolaño

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9780811222730
UPC:
9780811222730
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Published by:
New Directions
Translated by:
Chris Andrews
Translated by:
Natasha Wimmer
Pub date:
05/27/2014
Binding type:
Paperback
Pages:
144
ISBN:
9780811222730
A North American journalist in Paris is woken at 4 a.m. by a mysterious caller with urgent information. For V. S. Naipaul, the prevalence of sodomy in Argentina is a symptom of the nation s political ills. Daniela de Montecristo (familiar to readers of Nazi Literature in the Americas and 2666) recounts the loss of her virginity. Arturo Belano returns to Mexico City and meets the last disciples of Ulises Lima, who play in a band called The Asshole of Morelos. Belano s son Geronimo disappears in Berlin during the Days of Chaos in 2005. Memories of a return to the native land. Argentine writers as gangsters. Zombie schlock as allegory "