'In this neighbourhood, only the dead go out for a walk'...
A young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor, only to watch his soul departing his body. Two embittered police detectives debate their favourite weapons. A violent man looks back on his childhood and seeks out the now-aged male porn actor his mother shot movies with.

Here is the eagerly anticipated second volume of stories by Roberto Bolaño. Tender or etched in acid; hazily suggestive or chillingly definitive: The Return is a trove of strangely arresting short master works.

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'Dark, intimate and sneakily touching... There is gold to be found in this collection' New York Review of Books

'Each tale turns the reader into a voyeur, grasping at snapshots of troubled lives and ghosts' Observer

'A compelling encapsulation of Bolaño's work... You won't be bored' Los Angeles Times

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• Publication Date: September 5, 2024
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