A young woman and her brother, orphaned and at loose ends in Rome, slowly turn to a life of crime in Roberto Bolano's A Little Lumpen Novelita.
I have wanted to check out Bolano for a while, and this slender novel was a good way to start. I was also intrigued by the Roman setting, having been to Italy several times. A nice touch was that the target of their criminal enterprise is a blind former muscleman who played the Italian sword and sandal hero Maciste in a series of 60s movies.
Rather straightforward in its plotting, but vivid in its writing, this was an interesting novel that should lead readers to more of Bolano's more well-known works.
I borrowed this from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana and read it quickly.
I have wanted to check out Bolano for a while, and this slender novel was a good way to start. I was also intrigued by the Roman setting, having been to Italy several times. A nice touch was that the target of their criminal enterprise is a blind former muscleman who played the Italian sword and sandal hero Maciste in a series of 60s movies.
Rather straightforward in its plotting, but vivid in its writing, this was an interesting novel that should lead readers to more of Bolano's more well-known works.
I borrowed this from the Morrisson-Reeves Public Library in Richmond Indiana and read it quickly.
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