Bolano was a Chilean poet that turned to writing fiction to support his family. This is the first book if his that I read. Here he collects biographies and bibliographies of Latin American writers who were united in being right wing. Many of the writers were quite colourful characters who were active in various Hitler fan clubs and weird supernationalist insanity that Bolano brings to life. Because it is all fiction. I have always been fascinated by the idea of alternative history and here the great poet creates even all the fiction his fictional nazis wrote. A crazy read and quite cool at the same time. [
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- Sigurður Harðarson
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