Was the Savage Detectives wonderful or was I young?
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It's a wonderful mess
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Bolano! "Now bookish pharmacists are afraid to take on the great, imperfect, torrential works, books that blaze a path into the unknown."
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Tell me. In any case, how can a novel not be wonderful with a character called Luscious Skin?
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Have you read The Dream of My Return?
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Oh yes, loved it! Reviewed it, even. nytimes.com/2015/03/16/boo
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Ooh. I loved it too. I hate that you did.
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You have to give in! We both love Vija Celmins, we both love Anne Truitt, we both love Robert Ryman, and we both love Angel of History!
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No, never. I have sophisticated tastes. You're in Chicago. Have you read By Night in Chile? It's a contrast to Savage Dete . .
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Loved it. I also loved 2666 and all the ephemera, which other people hated.
By the way Chicago has better art than SF.
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I think it's his best in a way.
You're not allowed to talk about art. You wear khakis.
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second this & say Bolano's loose Right Wing trilogy-Chile, Distant Star, Nazi Lit-is highly relevant now
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