The Insufferable Gaucho

Roberto Bolano

Format
Paperback
Publisher
St Martin's Press
Country
United States
Published
7 January 2025
Pages
176
ISBN
9781250898203

The Insufferable Gaucho

Roberto Bolano

"Excellent . . . 'The Insufferable Gaucho' is one of Bolano's most powerful fictions." --The New York Times Book Review

An aging Buenos Aires judge retires to the family ranch in the Pampas to battle feral rabbits and reclaim the dignity of the gaucho life. A detective investigates a series of grisly murders--among his fellow sewer rats. An obscure Argentinian novelist journeys to Paris to face down the filmmaker who has been plagiarizing his work for years. Riffing on Borges and Kafka yet utterly and inimitably Bolano, the stories of The Insufferable Gaucho are a testament to his mastery of the short form. Plus: two of his most provocative and piercing essays, crackling with his signature black humor and incomparable powers of perception and critique.

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