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I've only read one of the five! Frantically adding these titles to my must read list! Hard agree on the one I have read--Furious Hours. Also, thank you for giving me the necessary permission structure to continue to avoid Bolaño!

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It's impossible to keep up with the reading list, isn't it? I'm glad you liked Furious Hours. I haven't met anyone else who has read it, in fact. Fingers crossed you enjoy the others.

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I like Bolaño a lot, but I know what you mean. I prefer his short fiction and essays. Also his odd post-modern “novel,” “Nazi Literature In The Americas.” That’s the book that made me a fan, and I don’t like “savage detectives” as much. I think there’s greatness in it, but I’ve never managed to finish it.

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I'm sure I am missing something. He must be a great writer: I just can't see it. I finished The Savage Detectives, but only because I was on a long trip and didn't have any other reading matter...

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I’m not a proselytizer for him; he got under my skin, but I can understand why he doesn’t grab everyone, and he doesn’t consistently grab me.

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