New Pope/Bolano

[James Kyllo]

"An Open Secret" by Carlos Gamerro, is another on the subject that's worth
reading


On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> A really excellent novel directly concerning the Argentina's  "dirty war"
> of 1976- 1984 (roughly) and especially the issue of "the disappeared" is
> The Ministry of Special Cases  by Nathan Englander (2007).   Englander's
> book focuses on the Jews who found themselves in that really horrendous
> situation.   This  was one of my "best reads" of 2012 and I hope to read
> more by the author.
>
> My review if you're interested:
>
> http://beckylindroos.wordpress.com/012011-2/2012-2/012012-2/the-ministry-of-special-cases/
>
> Bekah
>
>
> On Mar 18, 2013, at 8:14 AM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > all this talk of the new pope's actions/non-actions in Argentina reminds
> me of the priest in Bolano's By Night in Chile.
> >
> > rich
>
>


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