Book description
Santa Teresa, on the Mexico US border, is an urban sprawl that draws in lost souls. Among them are three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; and a police detective in love with an elusive…
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1 author picked 2666 as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I had been wanting to read this for a long time, ever since I finished Roberto Bolano's Savage Detectives. My immediate motivation to wade into this remarkable, very long book (893 pages) came from Patti Smith's Year of the Monkey (which I also recommend). This book is divided into five parts, and after I finished each part, I read another novel before starting the next part. I did this because I needed a break from the intensity of this book. It takes place in various cities in Europe, but mostly focuses on Mexico. On April 14, 2024, in an interview,…
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