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El Caso Neruda (2008)

by Roberto Ampuero(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

9584511890 (ISBN13: 9789584511898)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Grupo Editorial Norma

review 1: Loved this literary thriller for its quick pace, beautiful imagery, vivid characters (not least Neruda) and zigzagging plot. The subplot about the turmoil of 1970s Chile becomes a bit obtuse at times; I needed a history book to connect some of the dots that ultimately led to Pinochet's coup. And I sensed a few plot devices tossed in to wrap things up just a little too conveniently. But overall it's a fun, meaty read.
review 2: I enjoyed this book, but did not think it lived up to its press as a masterpiece. It was a good, well-written (and well-translated) detective story but was not as literary as the fiction I normally enjoy. Although there were a few places where there were some meta-fiction jokes, they seemed a bit out of place in a novel which, in spite ... moreof being about a poet, is more of a best-seller list type of book. less

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