NP 2666

[Perry Noid]

My favorite bit so far has to be Amalfitano reading the letters of Lola. I
do not see exactly how it all fits together yet since I am only halfway
through. My thinking is along your lines though, rich, the detached catalog
of violence does fit, as the physical center as well as the, for lack of a
better word, spiritual center, of the novel. Still, it's not easy for me to
read. Especially since it is a big departure from the tone of everything
else thus far.

To be clear, I trust Bolaño. This is, so far, one of the best books I've
read in a long time (aside from GR of course). And I imagine I will have a
lot more to say at the end of it all. Holding back for the end. I'm happy
so many of you have read it though because I don't know anyone else who has.

On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:10 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> that may be Bolano's point, that such savagery became so common in places
> like Ciudad Juarez. fwiw, I think those scenes are the highlight of the
> book along with the black GI section
>
> rich
>
> On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> JB - Maybe it was chapter 4, "The Part About the Crimes," that was
>> exhausting? I'm beginning that section now and it is getting a bit
>> exhausting reading through these clinical depictions of awful murders, one
>> after another, after being dazzled for three excellent chapters. And being
>> impressed at how his writing was revolving around such a spectacle without
>> explicitly utilizing it to draw me in. This bit is the hardest for me to
>> engage with so far. not for the violence, it's just tedious. I even
>> considered skipping over it but I won't do that. I'm hopeful this will be
>> redeemed at the end of it all. The climaxes of all three chapters so far
>> were fantastic. I can see people falling ff at this point though
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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