The Last of the Angels

I can't stop reading this book, yet I can't seem to finish it either. Instead, I find myself crawling through it page by page waiting for the slightly monotonous magical realist tale set in post World War II Iraq to come to a close. Many fascinating characters are housed within the pages of The Last of the Angles, but overall the book smacks of something intended for a middle aged ladies' book club.

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano

This is the best book I've read in a long time. Who can resist young, egotistical avant garde Mexican poets convinced that they are the next generation of underground literature?