The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño is a notable work published by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited in 2007. This edition, a 4th impression, spans 577 pages and is presented in English. The narrative begins on New Year’s Eve 1975 in Mexico City, where two men embark on a hurried journey in search of a missing poet, setting the stage for a quest that unfolds over two decades and across various continents.
Readers will encounter a rich tapestry of experiences shared by a generation of lovers, rebels, and readers, all woven into the fabric of this literary exploration. The novel delves into themes of literature’s significance, capturing the essence of a time marked by both humor and tenderness. With its psychological depth and literary focus, The Savage Detectives offers a profound reflection on the connections between art, life, and the human experience.
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With a new afterword by Natasha Wimmer
‘Savagely comic yet equally tender . . . This novel is an elegy for a generation’ Independent
New Year’s Eve 1975, Mexico City. Two hunted men leave town in a hurry, on the desert-bound trail of a vanished poet.
Spanning two decades and crossing continents, theirs is a remarkable quest through a darkening universe – our own. It is a journey told and shared by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, whose testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of the twentieth century.
‘The comic frenzy, the inventiveness of character and situation, and the mood-soaked depiction of 1970s Mexico is delightful’ Times Literary Supplement
‘A portrait of people for whom literature is bread and water, sex and death. The abiding message to be taken from Bolaño’s novel, and maybe from his fraught life, too: books matter’ GQ
‘It’s no exaggeration to call Bolaño a genius. The Savage Detectives alone should grant him immortality’ Washington Post
‘Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world’ Guardian
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