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Borges and the Eternal Orangutans

Luis Fernando Verissimo,

Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

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Aug 28, 2012 Sam rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2-translated, 1-contemp-literary, setting-latam-carib, read-2012, reviewed

Borges and the Eternal Orangutans is such a whimsical, charming book. I didn’t have expectations going into the book aside from knowing that it’s received pretty good reviews. Verissimo’s novel is a riff on those analytical detective stories, namely those of Edgar Allen Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle, and of course, Jorge Luis Borges. When our protagonist attends an Edgar Allen Poe conference, he gets embroiled in a locked-room type murder mystery and has to work with his idol, the inimitable Borges hi ...more

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