30 May 2012

Books people buy

After ordering a book from The Book Depository, I watched their live streaming of what books are being bought where.

They can be addicting. Buying and watching.

4 comments:

  1. Hi, I found your blog via a Google search. I want to read Bolano's work. Do you have any suggestions of a good "read this first" book?

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  2. You can actually start anywhere. Even with the big guns (The Savage Detectives and 2666). But if you want something shorter, I think the best places to start are Last Evenings on Earth, By Night in Chile, and Distant Star.

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  3. have been fascinated by that myself. as to the above comment I think that the best place to start is with "Last Evenings on Earth" it encapsulates the man's work, covering all his obsessions, ideas etc. but in a short story format, the tales are wonderful & haunt beyond the last turned page.

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  4. Couldn't agree more about your assessment of that book, Gary.

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