An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom

Does Bolaño's masterpiece hint at his own life, or is the author himself a literary invention? Literary Nonfiction. After Devouring 2666 by Roberto Bolao on the New York City subway, Jonathan Russell Clark does what any good literary critic would dohe reads everything by Bolao he can get his hands on. But the more he learns about the writer's unlikely life, the less it makes sense. Bolao cultivated ambiguities and false identities, almost as if he were laying a trap for his future biographers. Clark's investigation into Bolao's magnum opus is a stumble through a labyrinth where fiction and self-mythologizing converge. This book is part of a new series from Fiction Advocate called Afterwords. "A Sontag-worthy encapsulation of another writer."--Christopher Wood, The Quarterly Conversation "If you have read 2666 and loved it, like most people who've read 2666, then AN OASIS OF HORROR IN A DESERT OF BOREDOM is something of a must-read."--D. F. Lovett