
2666 by Roberto BolañoRead about another entry on the list.
In this mysterious, deeply human novel, an epidemic of murders of women in a Mexican city unfolds alongside — among other threads — the exploits of some traveling philosophers. The book's myriad loose ends convey a sense of the vast confusion, absurdity, and horror of life.
2666 appears on Kevin Barry's 6 favorite books list, Alex Clark's top ten list of long reads, and Gillian Orr's reading list of top unfinished novels; it was #1 in one tabulation of the critics' consensus book of the year for 2008.
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