The Secret of Evil

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 recounts the loss of her virginity. Arturo Belano - Bolano's alter ego returns to Mexico City and meets a band called The Asshole of Morelos. Belano's son Geronimo 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. Included in this collection is everything he was working on just before his death in 2003.