The Savage Detectives (1998) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Arturo Belano: A Chilean poet who is living in Mexico after the Chilean coup of 1973. Arturo is one of the central figures in the Visceral Realist movement. In addition, he is a proxy character for the author, Roberto Bolaño.
• Ulises Lima: A Mexican poet and a central figure of the Visceral Realist movement.
• Juan García Madero: The narrator for part of the novel. A young Mexican university student who joins the Visceral Realist movement.
• Homero Aridjis: Poet.
• Octavio Paz: Poet who is celebrated in Mexico. A target of criticism from those in the Visceral Realist movement.
• Lupe: Add a description of this character.
• Maria Font
• Cesarea Tinajero
• Claudia
• Norman
• Alberto
• Angelica Font: Poet, Won the Laura Damian prize.
• Marla
• Pancho
• Amadeo
• Bueno
• Hugh
• Daniel
• Rafael
• Manuel
• Laura Damian
• Lopez Lobo
• Vargas Pardo
• Pero
• Monique
• Garcia Madero
• Mrs. Schwartz
• Ernesto
• Ortiz Pacheco
• Hans
• Don Octavio
• Jean-pierre
• Franz
• Moctezuma
• Abraham
• Si
• Labarca
• Diego Carvajal
• Requena
• Rosario
• Steve
• Polito
• Pepe
• Xochitl
• John
• Mrs. Font
• Ceskea
• Don Pancracio
• Bolan
• Heimito
• Maki
• Brigida

Quotes edit see section history

• “For a long time I stopped existing.”

  Juan García Madero

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Mexico City: The capital of Mexico and, with over 20 million people, one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the world.
• Sonora: A state in northwestern Mexico that borders Arizona and New Mexico to the north. Bolaño revisits this setting in his later novel, 2666.
• Piel Divina
• Paris
• Mexico Df
• Santa Teresa
• Café Quito
• San Epifanio
• Monrovia
• Israel
• Chile
• Africa
• Latinoamerica
• Coyoacan
• Nada
• Ilego
• Marfa
• Francia
• Angola
• Los Angeles
• Nicaragua
• Managua
• Republica De Venezuela
• Calle Colima
• Unica
• Heron
• Valencia
• Luanda
• Guerrero
• California
• Caborca
• Guatemala
• Liberia
• Vaya
• Europa
• Alameda
• Argentina
• Nogales
• Puebla
• Madrid
• Camaro
• Beersheba
• Italia
• Barcelona
• Spain
• Europe
• Latin America
• Belau
• Rome
• United States
• New York
• Brownsville
• Tel Aviv
• Cesdrea
• Bolafio
• Santiago
• London
• Veracruz
• France
• Los Suicidas
• Agua Prieta
• Catalonia
• Brlgida

Organizations edit see section history

• The Visceral Realists: A poetic movement in Latin America characterized by a counter-culture lifestyle, surrealism, and a disdain for the more popular and common forms of poetry.

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Visceralismo: Es la vanguardia poética de los personajes... nunca se sabe en qué consiste realmente.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Roberto Bolaño (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Natasha Wimmer (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Premio Herralde de Novela (1998, winner)
• Premio Rómulo Gallegos (1999, winner)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 863.64

Notes for Parents edit see section history

It has some erotic scenes, and it's maybe hard for children

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery

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