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Fiction Hard-boiled

Investigation Into the Death of Roberto Bolaño

by (author) Stan Rogal

Publisher
Insomniac Press
Initial publish date
Jun 2019
Category
Hard-Boiled, Parodies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554832347
    Publish Date
    Jun 2019
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

This film noir novel begins with the Chilean government wants to celebrate the life and work of the supposedly deceased Roberto Bolaño until they get an anonymous tip that he may still be alive and lurking. Afraid that he'll show up and ruin their celebration -- he never agreed with the politics and frowned on the literature being lauded in Chile, in fact, he found acceptance and fame after he moved to Spain -- they ask the local police authorities to make sure he's actually dead.

About the author

Born in Vancouver, Stan Rogal now lives in Toronto. He ran the popular Idler Pub Reading Series for ten years, was co-creator of Bald Ego Theatre, and is now the artistic director of Bulletproof Theatre. He is the author of the novel, The Long Drive Home (Insomniac, 1999), and numerous poetry collections, including Geometry of the Odd, (Wolsak & Wynn, 1999), In Search of the Emerald City (Seraphim, 2004) and Fabulous Freaks (Wolsak & Wynn, 2005). Lines of Embarkation is Stan's fifth book of poetry.

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