The Spirit of Science Fiction

Praise for Roberto Bolaño:

'One of the greatest and most distinctive voices in modern fiction . . . Readers who have snacked on a writer such as Haruki Murakami will feast on Roberto Bolaño.' Sunday Times

'Bolaño makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world.' Guardian

'The most influential and admired novelist of his generation.' Susan Sontag

'When I read Bolaño I think: Everything is possible again. To step inside his books is to accustom yourself, as much as is possible, to walking along the edge of an abyss.' Nicole Krauss

'One of the most respected and influential writers of [his] generation . . . At once funny and vaguely, pervasively, frightening.' John Banville