by Roberto Bolaño · Editorial Anagrama · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433924452
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In 1938 Paris, Pierre Pain, a mesmerist, is hired to cure the hiccups of an indigent South American in a hospital. What seems like a simple task becomes complicated when Pain gets caught up in an intrigue involving a possible ritual murder of global proportions. As Pain delves into the mystery, he confronts hidden forces and questions the value of human life, love, and solitude.
This novel by Roberto Bolaño, author of 'The Savage Detectives', showcases an unusual facet of his literary talent, combining elements of suspense, mystery, and philosophical reflection in an absorbing and original plot.
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel The Savage Detectives, and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages".
