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The Third Reich
The Third Reich: A Novel | Roberto Bolaño
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On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of locals—the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemado—and to the darker side of life in a resort town. Late one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udo's well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval; while Ingeborg and Hanna return to their lives in Germany, he refuses to leave the hotel. Soon he and El Quemado are enmeshed in a round of Third Reich, Udo's favorite World War II strategy game, and Udo discovers that the game's consequences may be all too real. Written in 1989 and found among Roberto Bolaño's papers after his death, The Third Reich is a stunning exploration of memory and violence. Reading this quick, visceral novel, we see a world-class writer coming into his own—and exploring for the first time the themes that would define his masterpieces The Savage Detectives and 2666.
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LindseysLibrary
The Third Reich: A Novel | Roberto Bolaño
Panpan

I wanted so badly to like this book. Maybe it was a bad Bolaño book to start with, and the more I‘ve thought about it, the more I understand it, but I still found many of the actions of the characters to be so totally baffling to their somewhat established personas, that it was completely distracting and vexing. Anyway, I‘ll try another Bolaño book!

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BarbaraBB
The Third Reich: A Novel | Roberto Bolaño
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Mehso-so

What I knew about this book before I read it, was great: two Germans on holiday in Spain get enmeshed in Third Reich, A World War II strategy game, when they discover that the game's consequences may be all too real. When I read it I didn't think it so good unfortunately.