2666

[fingersweep]

January 1996 wasn't a bad month for the city police. Three men were shot to death in a bar near the old rail line, apparently in a settling of scores between narcos. The body of a Central American with his throat cut appeared on a route used by polleros. A fat, short little man wearing a strange tie printed with rainbows and naked women with the

Comments

[askeladden]

I need to reread 2666. This post calls up much of the resonance it left me with, but also makes me aware of how much I've forgotten. What a book.

[nightspore]

Yes -- me too!

[nightspore]

Have you read Saramago's Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis?

[fingersweep]

About four years ago, but it's due for a re-read. Baltasar and Blimunda, too, which is my favorite of his books.

[grashupfer]

Amazing entry. I was re-reading the beginning not too long ago.