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The Skating Rink (New Directions Paperbook)

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The Skating Rink (New Directions Paperbook)

A phenomenally unusual three-way murder mystery.
With a murder at its heart, Roberto Bolanoâ€™s The Skating Rink is, among other things, a crime novel. Murder seems to have exerted a fascination for the endlessly talented Bolano, who in his last interview, according to The Observer, â€œdeclared, in all apparent seriousness, that what he would most like to have been was a homicide detective.â€

Set in the seaside town of Z, north of Barcelona, The Skating Rink is told in short, suspenseful chapters by three male narrators, and revolves around a beautiful figure skating champion, Nuria MartÃ. A ruined mansion, knife-wielding women, political corruption, sex, and jealousy all appear in this atmospheric chronicle of a single summer season in a seaside town, with its vacationers, businessmen, immigrants, bureaucrats, social workers, and drifters.
Country USA
Brand New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780811218689
ReleaseDate 2011-02-28
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811218689

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