the savage detectives.

the barrage of quotes i’ve been pulling from the savage detectives is probably an indicator of what i’ve been reading lately. i loved the book, but i have to say that it took some commitment (638 pages!) of non-linear plot lines and constantly shifting narrators. if you’ve ever visited mexico city the novel will drop you right into the noise, grit, and sidewalk vendors. i recommend it, but only if you have the patience to see it through as some of the best moments come in the last 150 pages—there’s a play on comedy and tragedy and tragicomedy threading through the last portion of the book that i’d hate for anyone to miss by giving up on the first third of the novel.