NP 2666

[Perry Noid]

Sorry if this has been brought up before. I'm about 100-or-so pages into
Roberto Bolaño's big book and I'm convinced the fictional German author
Archimboldi is very P-inspired. Picked it up at the used bookstore a while
ago because it had a comparison to Pynchon on back cover. I'm wholly
unfamiliar with Bolaño, didn't even know what the book was about when I
started reading. It is quite good so far. I'm at the point where, I think,
Archimboldi, will go from focal point to catalyst. After globe-hopping and
becoming intertwingled with each other's lives, not exactly in search of
the elusive author, the main characters hear tell of a sighting in Mexico
City of all places! It is presumed that he has gone to the fictional city
of Santa Teresa in Sonora (Juarez) after and now the Scooby Gang is on his
trail. There was about one sentence early on in the book of one of them
being taken by the news of the maquiladora murders followed by a sentence
announcing that it was completely forgotten afterwards by the same
character. And now that is where they are heading without another remark
about it.

Y'all were talking about identifying with characters and I've struggled to
think of any, from any book I've read, ever. I think Bailey hit the nail on
the head for me. I say this because I do not identify with a single
character in this book so far, mostly because their lives are wildly
different from mine, and the idea seems entirely unimportant. It's not why
i read books.

Anyhooz, was just wondering if anyone else has read this and/or has
thoughts about it.
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