An Oasis of Horror in a Desert of Boredom: Roberto Bolano's 2666 (...AFTERWORDS)

Does Bolaño's masterpiece hint at his own life, or is the author himself a literary invention?

Literary Nonfiction. After Devouring 2666 by Roberto Bola�o on the New York City subway, Jonathan Russell Clark does what any good literary critic would do�he reads everything by Bola�o he can get his hands on. But the more he learns about the writer's unlikely life, the less it makes sense. Bola�o cultivated ambiguities and false identities, almost as if he were laying a trap for his future biographers. Clark's investigation into Bola�o'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