Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Roberto Bolano is one of Latin America's most heralded authors, and the Savage Detectives is possibly his most famous work.

We recently finished reading The Savage Detectives as part of our online book club, and we've got some thoughts about this one. So buckle in, because for the first time ever, Andy and I are pretty split on how we felt about this book!

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Books mentioned in this episode (purchases through these links help support the channel!)
The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
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Last Evenings on Earth by Roberto Bolano
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Nazi Literature in the Americas by Roberto Bolano
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The Tunnel by William H. Gass
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The Savage Detectives Reread by David Kurnick
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The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
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2120 by George Wylesol
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Butter by Asako Yuzuki
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Paranoia by Victor Martinovich
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Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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By Night in Chile by Roberto Bolano
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Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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