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250 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374266745
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: 13 November 2012
Description
Begun in the 1980s and worked on until the author's death in 2003, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bola o's last, unfinished novel.The novel follows scar Amalfitano--an exiled Chilean university professor and widower--through the maze of hi...
Community Reviews Summary of 164 reviews
Moods
dark 60%
emotional 40%
reflective 40%
adventurous 20%
funny 20%
lighthearted 20%
mysterious 20%
sad 20%
Pace
slow 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Average rating
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Graphic
Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape
250 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374266745
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: 13 November 2012
Description
Begun in the 1980s and worked on until the author's death in 2003, Woes of the True Policeman is Roberto Bola o's last, unfinished novel.The novel follows scar Amalfitano--an exiled Chilean university professor and widower--through the maze of hi...
Community Reviews Summary of 164 reviews
Moods
dark 60%
emotional 40%
reflective 40%
adventurous 20%
funny 20%
lighthearted 20%
mysterious 20%
sad 20%
Pace
slow 20%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 80% | A mix: 20%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 66% | No: 16% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
Yes: 100%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Toxic relationship, Rape