The Secret of Evil

The Secret of Evil

<p>A collection that gathers everything Bolano was working on before his untimely death.</p><br /><p>A North American journalist in Paris is woken at 4 a.m. by a mysterious caller with urgent information. For V. S. Naipaul the prevalence of sodomy in Argentina is a symptom of the nation’s political ills. Daniela de Montecristo (familiar to readers of <em>Nazi Literature in the Americas</em> and <em>2666</em>) recounts the loss of her virginity. Arturo Belano returns to Mexico City and meets the last disciples of Ulises Lima, who play in a band called The Asshole of Morelos. Belano’s son Gerónimo disappears in Berlin during the Days of Chaos in 2005. Memories of a return to the native land. Argentine writers as gangsters. Zombie schlock as allegory...</p><br /><p>The various pieces in the posthumous <em>Secret of Evil</em> extend the intricate, single web that is the work of Roberto Bolano.</p>