Savage Detectives (Continued)

I now finished the first section of the book which is titled Mexicans lost in Mexico .The first section is actually small (120 pages) and its the second part titled Savage Detective that covers most of the book. Maybe that explains why the book is named after the second part.

The novel is offbeat and unlike any I've read till now. In the end of second part the narrator and two of his friends take off in a car (some ford) to the north of  Mexico . Yes that’s where exactly it ends. I am yet to start the second part. I will keep updating as I move along with novel. Bye

Savage Detectives Arrives

The book arrived yesterday and only then did I realize what exactly is the book's type. I took a risk buying this book as I had the least idea of the book Its story or about its author but it seems the risk is paying off. I feel the book is completely worth its price after seeing its size (577 pages),critical acclamation (about 10 reviews were shown in its last few pages ),some add on s plus a super cover design (Its because the publisher is celebrating its 40th anniversary) and finally starting to read the book. Some of the reviews described it as a cult, modern classic which is exactly what I was looking for. The book contains first person narrative of some 52 people all of them I believe Mexican and other Latin American poets. Originally the book is a Mexican novel written in Spanish (naturally) published in 1998.The one I am reading is an English translation done in 2007 published by Picador of Pan Macmillan. The Author Roberto Bolano a Chilean. He died in 2003 at the age of 50. The book is printed in a better quality paper and this surprised me considering its price and bigger size.Usually pan and some other including harper prints paper backs in a dimmer and less whitier kind of paper but this book is not.Its then I saw in the front of the book that publication was with an help of a subsidy from Spanish Ministry of Culture. Now that explained the price tag of just £8 when usually its more than £13 (I being in India paid Rs.277 in discount from Rs 350 it amounts to about £6). Having only just started cant tell much of the content other than that it’s a first person narrative. Its also humorously narrated and will never bore anyone. But I cant help but connect the writing style in the book with last years prose section of my English text book. The book I feel is one of my best buys That I am sure. Thanks to its size it will engage me for quite few days..