{"product_id":"the-return-9781784879518","title":"The Return","description":"\u003cb\u003eA major, retrospective launch of Roberto Bolano's work - now published as a Vintage Classics author for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'In this neighbourhood, only the dead go out for a walk'...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor, only to watch his soul departing his body.  Two embittered police detectives debate their favourite weapons. A violent man looks back on his childhood and seeks out the now-aged male porn actor his mother shot movies with.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is the eagerly anticipated second volume of stories by Roberto Bolano. Tender or etched in acid; hazily suggestive or chillingly definitive: \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e is a trove of strangely arresting short master works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dark, intimate and sneakily touching... There is gold to be found in this collection' N\u003ci\u003eew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Each tale turns the reader into a voyeur, grasping at snapshots of troubled lives and ghosts' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A compelling encapsulation of Bolano's work... You won't be bored' \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roberto Bolaño","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43516628762685,"sku":null,"price":23.74,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/the-return-9781784879518","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}