The Savage Detectives
Chilean novelist, 1953–2003.
The Savage Detectives is a 1998 novel by Roberto Bolaño, translated from Spanish.
On 2 of the 13 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Roberto Bolaño
- First published
- 1998
- Length
- 672 pages (UK paperback)
- Original language
- Translated from Spanish
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Picaresque, Postmodern, Migration and identity
Is The Savage Detectives worth reading?
2 of the 13 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times) and 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 novels everyone should read (The Telegraph, 2009) | No. 58 | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The New York Times, 2024) | No. 38 | See the list |
Best edition of The Savage Detectives
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2024), 672 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2024)
- Pages
- 672
- ISBN
- 9781784879525
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Savage Detectives
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 28% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Savage Detectives
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