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🦋 Los Detectives Salvajes
Los poetas mexicanas (supongo que los poetas en general) detestan que se les recuerde de su ignorancia.
The opening pages of Savage Detectives made me fall down laughing when I read them last time around (about two  years ago now) -- they are holding up in quality the second time around and in a different language. I could not find my copy of the book (indeed I may never have owned one, perhaps it was a library book), so have bought a Spanish copy and... will see how it goes keeping up with the group read. Even if I don't end up reading the whole book (which seems like it would be a stretch), I am getting some lovely reading experience out of it.
 A nice coincidence, also, for the opening paragraph to have yesterday's date on it. A good omen of sorts -- it must be exactly the right time of year to be starting this book. (Shades of October 3rd, 2005!) And GarcÃa Madero? -- he seems like sort of a brat, but in a lovable way -- I can identify with him.
posted evening of Friday, November 4th, 2011
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I think you lent me the book. And I did not return it. Even if it's in Spanish. :p
posted evening of November 4th, 2011 by Rise
Heh -- would be glad to but the postage is a bit steep from Mars.
posted afternoon of November 5th, 2011 by Jeremy
Oh it was already here. I was referring to the first copy, the one you couldn't find, the Lost detectives salvajes.
posted afternoon of November 6th, 2011 by Rise
Nice -- there's an old tv show called "The Lost Detectives" but I am not finding any footage online to link it in... And of course a couple of years ago I posted about Bolaño's treatment of The lost detectives in Romantic Dogs.
posted evening of November 6th, 2011 by Jeremy
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