A review by nathansnook
The Third Reich by Roberto Bolaño

3.0

The Third Reich (1989) by Roberto Bolano - he does this thing where he creates fear in almost inexistent spaces. A game that has been played before with bloodshed and lost lives. it is replayed for leisure on a beachside resort that consumes the narrator’s very life, finding fear where he hadn’t seen it before in Bolano’s masterful prose. Though some parts drag and the historical aspects bore me, naturally, it could’ve been reduced by a third to make it ultimately thrilling.