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A review by cuckmulligan
Distant Star by Roberto Bolaño
4.0
Poetry and fascism. Sprawling for how short it is. Like a labyrinthine pulp detective novel whose players just happen to be poets. I don't know shit about Chilean poetry, so I don't get the nuances of the various jabs/satire, though I just *know* they're funny as hell in ways I'm unable to appreciate. Most of the namedrops are real, from what I can tell, though at least a couple I googled only to be pointed back in the direction of this book. Cheeky!
Its digressions delighted me, the tale of the armless suicidal gay artist especially: "In the current sociopolitical climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet."
Its digressions delighted me, the tale of the armless suicidal gay artist especially: "In the current sociopolitical climate, he said to himself, committing suicide is absurd and redundant. Better to become an undercover poet."