2666

<b>Santa Teresa, on the Mexico-US border- an urban sprawl that draws lost souls to it like a vortex.</b><br> <br> Convicts and academics find themselves here, as does an American sportswriter, a teenage student with her widowed father, and a reclusive, 'missing' author. But, there is a darker side to the town. Girls and women are disappearing at an alarming rate.<br> <br> As a sense of conspiracy grows and an apocalyptic shadow draws closer, the corruption, violence and decadence of twentieth-century history reveals itself in a novel of an astonishing scale and burning intensity.<br> <br> TRANSLATED BY NATASHA WIMMER<br> <br> <b>'A landmark in what's possible for the novel. Bolano has proven it can do anything' <i>New York Times</i></b><br> <br> <b>'Wondrous... Unforgettable...will resonate for years to come' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br> <br> <b>'As riveting as any top-notch thriller... <i>2666</i> achieves something extremely rare in fiction- it provides an all-encompassing view of our world' <i>Sunday Times</i></b>