A review by duparker
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño

3.0

If Jack Kerouac wrote thriller mystery novels, this would be one. The writing style is detached and in some ways very devoid of details. I really liked the stream of consciousness storytelling and the fact that the narrator is aloof and invested at the same time. It was a different style than I am used to, and I think that is due to both the fact it is foreign novel, and the fact that it was written in the 70s.

3.5 stars. Good pick up